Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have suspended their two-week warning strike with immediate effect following progress on some of their key demands.
ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, made the announcement on Wednesday at the union’s national secretariat, University of Abuja. He stated that the suspension of the strike followed positive developments in talks with government officials regarding unresolved issues.
“NEC hopes that the government will take advantage of the suspension to resolve the issues, especially the 2009 agreement.”
“Should the government fail to resolve these issues, ASUU will not hesitate to resume the strike,” Piwuna said.
Piwuna further explained that the union would not have embarked on the strike if the Federal Government had promptly addressed its demands.
He outlined ASUU’s seven demands as the re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement, sustainable funding for public universities, revitalisation of institutions, an end to the alleged victimisation of ASUU members in LASU, KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University) and FUTO, payment of outstanding 25–35% salary arrears, settlement of promotion arrears spanning over four years, and remittance of outstanding third-party deductions.
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