EKO HOT BLOG reports that the leadership of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will convene a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting tonight (Thursday night) in Abuja to decide the fate of the ongoing strike.
This online news platform gathered that the outcome of the meeting could result in suspension of the strike on Friday morning.
According to the PUNCH, the meeting which is a meeting of the leadership of the union was convened to allow the leadership of the union take the final decision on the protracted strike.
Speaking with the newspaper’s correspondent in Abuja, a top source said, “We will have a meeting today and it will last overnight so that we will be given enough time to deliberate and make a conclusion.”
When asked if the union will call off the strike, the source declined to comment.
ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022 declared a strike at the University of Lagos. The union had accused the Federal Government of failing to honour some of the agreements reached.
ASUU had demanded for the renegotiation of the ASUU-FG 2009 agreement, release of revitalisation fund for universities, release of earned academic allowances among others.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, dragged the striking lecturers to court over what he tagged as “irreconcilable differences.”
The national industrial court, thereafter, ordered the lecturers back to work.
The ruling was appealed at the appellate court in Abuja but ASUU was not granted a hearing as the judge ordered ASUU to obey first the ruling of the lower court.
Branches of ASUU had on Wednesday held congresses to decide the next decision.
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