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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has announced the suspension of its ongoing two-week warning strike.

The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, made this known in an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Piwuna, the decision stemmed from the meeting of the National Executive Council meeting which was held overnight and ended by 4:00 am on Wednesday.

Piwuna noted that the union decided to embark on the strike due to the failure of the government to meet its demands on time.

“We’ve had useful engagements with representatives of the government to consider the response to the draft renegotiation of the 2009 agreements. However, we are definitely not where we were prior to the commencement of the strike.

“The union acknowledged that the government returned to the negotiation table. While noting that a lot more work is still required, NEC came to the conclusion that the ongoing strike should be reviewed. The decision to review the strike action was a result of efforts by our students, parents, and the Nigeria Labour Congress.

“Consequently, NEC resolved to suspend the warning strike to reciprocate the efforts of well-meaning Nigerians.”

Recall that ASUU declared a total and comprehensive warning strike starting from Monday, October 13.

ASUU is currently demanding the conclusion of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement, the release of the withheld three and a half months’ salaries, sustainable funding of public universities, revitalisation of public universities, and cessation of the victimisation of lecturers in LASU, Prince Abubakar Audu University, and FUTO.

Others are payment of outstanding 25-35% salary arrears, payment of promotion arrears for over four years and release of withheld third-party deductions (cooperative contributions, union check-off dues).

Nemere2020:
https://punchng.com/breaking-ASUU-suspends-two-week-warning-strike/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNlfmNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHk3FAI0jz4-20ZrcYY-1iHK2GOKGkGq4AE7EIlSFRqnp90M1Nn23poqCfgxD_aem_jppFRuSaqurCeFSZ7FxefQ

Pastorjohn2:
President tinubu has done well, I can't wait to vote him again for the next election.

This is something PDP and Peter obi can never achieve

HenryThegreat1:
•Students are dropping out — Parents

January 18, 2024

Most tertiary institutions in the country have hiked their fees by over 150 %, putting serious strains on the finances of parents and guardians who also have to contend with the poor state of the economy which has reduced purchasing power and savings.

Checks by Vanguard Learning in public universities across the country show that the increment in obligatory fees, which started late last year is continuing, as a new session starts in some schools this January.

Only on January 6, this year, for instance, the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Ondo State came out with a proposal to hike fees by over 100%.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/01/parents-groan-as-institutions-hike-fees-by-over-100-per-cent/

SmartPolician:
How can the government be struggling to keep to an agreement reached in 2009?

What kind of irresponsible people are running this country?

anonimi:
“The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the political events.

He doesn’t know the cost of life, the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he hates politics.

The slowpoke doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and flunky of the national and multinational companies.”

― Bertolt Brecht

Kingpele:
ASUU thought it was during pdp days ,when education was taken seriously..since APC came with buharia who allegedly don't have certificate and tinubu whose certificates are questionable..the only man in the world who started college one year before it was established...APC government have zero regards for education and if ASUU insist on going on strike they will be wasting their time

fabolouz1:
Its their style , its ridiculous that ASUU hasn't come up with a more noble idea to press home their demands .
its Archaic to be embarking on strikes every now and then when their members are part of the moral decadence faced by the nation.

Kingpele:
ASUU thought it was during pdp days ,when education was taken seriously..since APC came with buharia who allegedly don't have certificate and tinubu whose certificates are questionable..the only man in the world who started college one year before it was established...APC government have zero regards for education and if ASUU insist on going on strike they will be wasting their time