ASUU Set to End Eight-Month-Old Strike this Week

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to call off its eight months old strike and allow lectures to commence immediately.

According to the recent ruling from the court of appeal and discussions among relevant stakeholders, the union has expressed intent to call off the strike.

This latest update was disclosed by the Union’s lawyer, Femi Falana after the Court of Appeal in Abuja ordered the union to resume lectures immediately.

Falana said the legal advice given to his client is confidential but he can confidently say that the strike will soon be called off.

The president of the Union, Emmanuel Osodeke, during his meeting with the leaders of the House of Representatives in Abuja on Monday said that there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

According to him, he hoped there would not be any issues from any individual or a group towards the union.

In hopes to call off the strike in the next few days,  the President of the Union added that the Union wants a system where remuneration is enough to attract lecturers all over the world to Nigeria’s Universities while living up to its name of being the Giant of Africa.

“We want to have a system where the remuneration is enough to attract lecturers all over the World to our universities,” Osodeke said.

“We are the giant of Africa and we must live by that.”

Osodeke added that the would strike would have ended a long time ago if the National Assembly had intervened earlier.

Femi Gbajamila, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said that intervention from the leaders of the house was fruitful and believes ASUU would have called off the strike today and hopefully anytime soon.

He said “I believe we have covered ground, and it’s basically what we have agreed on.

“ASUU would have called off the strike today and hopefully in the next couple of days.”

A few days ago Investors King had reported that the Court of Appeal had ordered the Union to resume work immediately.