The
Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has announced a conditional suspension
of its five weeks strike action.
President of the Union,
Professor Biodun Ogunyemi who addressed a news conference at about 9.30 pm
Monday night after another round of meeting with the government delegation led
by the Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige, directed all members of the
union to return to work after their branch congresses on Tuesday.
Ogunyemi said they decided to
conditionally suspend the strike action in view of the timeline of October 2017
for the implementation of the signed agreement.
He added that ASUU will not
hesitate to resume the suspended strike if the government fails to honour the
signed agreement, which he called Memorandum of Action, noting that the signed
agreement was backed by a definite timeline for implementation. He however
warned that the government must not deliberately dishonor the agreement, saying
that the continuous breach of signed agreement has been responsible for the
constant strike action in the Universities.
He added that the current
agreement with government is based on mutual trust between ASUU and the
government, warning that the trust of the union must be respected by the
government.
Minister of Labour and
Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who briefed newsmen earlier after the meeting
which ended at about 7:55pm, said all the gray areas have been sorted out and
an agreement reached.
The meeting started at about
4:00pm and was supposed to last for about one hour, but dragged for about four
hours, before agreement was reached on all contending issues.
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