The Academic Staff Union of Universities,(ASUU) on Friday agreed to call of its eight-month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities.
The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja.
The government also pledged to increase the total payment to the union to N70 billion.This is happening
one week after the Federal Government accepted the demand by the ASUU that they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.Recall the union had embarked on a strike demanding among others that university teachers in public universities be exempted from the integrated payroll and personnel information system, increase funding in public universities among others
This move will now end the eight- months strike,the union embarked on straight from the Coronavirus pandemic lock down.
