October 11, (THEWILL) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to call off its strike on Monday, 17th October 2022 ,as the Federal Government has agreed to pay the outstanding 8 Months’ salaries.
ASUU made this known in a post on its official Twitter handle @ASUU_NG on Tuesday.
The tweet reads: “BREAKING NEWS Universities to Reopen 17th October 2022 as Federal Govt Agrees To Pay The Outstanding 8 Months’ Salaries. (1/2) #ASUUstrike #AsuuStrikeUpdate.
“Revitalisation and salary areas have been cleared. Although the issue of UTAS is not finalized, for now, ASUU members have agreed to resume October 17th.”
THEWILL had earlier reported that the ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja, hinted that the union will soon call off its eight-month-old strike.
He said that from what the union had seen at the meeting “there is light at the end of the tunnel.
“This time around it is hoped that there would not be any persons or group to create issues that would make the union run into any hitch”, he said.
He further hoped that the intervention by the leadership of the House would be the final for the sake of the students, adding that ASUU’s struggle was for the educational and university system in the country.
“We hope that in the next few days, we will put an end to this strike. We want to have a system where the renumeration is enough to attract lecturers all over the world to our universities”, Osodeke said.
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