•Dr. Nasir Fagge Isa, ASUU President
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kept to its word by calling off its five-month old strike, few days after the CBN acknowledged the payment of N200 billion by the Federal government.
The suspension of the strike comes on the heels of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the federal government and leadership of ASUU last Wednesday.
The MoU addressed all the recent demands of ASUU as well resolutions agreed to between it and government in the November 4 marathon meeting with President Jonathan. These include a non-victimisation clause, provision and deposit of N200 billion infrastructure revitalisation funds in an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, details of disbursement of the funds and payment of salary arrears which has accrued to the teachers during the strike.
ASUU members have been on strike since 1 July demanding full implementation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Federal Government on conditions of service for university lecturers, funding of infrastructural development in Nigerian universities...
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