ASUU to Resume Work after their Branch Congresses Today.

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   The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its strike after series of meetings with the Federal government. The ASUU strike which commenced on the 14th of August, 2017 came to an abeyance after a final four-hour meeting with the Federal Government delegation, which ended around 9pm in Abuja on Monday, 18th September, 2017.

       The decision to suspend the strike was made know by the ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi who addressed a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat to announce the union's "conditional suspension of the strike," after concluding the final meeting with the Federal Government Delegation which was led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
          Prof. Ogunyemi said, “We have signed a new Memorandum of Action today (Monday). Each item on the list in the MoA has a timeline attached. It is our hope that our trust will not be dashed again. We hope that the government will abide with the timeline attached to all the items in the MoA.

“Let us give a precautionary advice; should the government unilaterally vary the agreements it signed with our union, we should not be held responsible for the consequences.

“Now on the conditional suspension of the strike; after an elaborate and extensive consultation process, the National Executive Council of ASUU has agreed to conditionally suspend the ongoing action, taking into cognizance that the latest proposal by the government to address the contentious issues in the strike has a deadline of the end of October 2017.

“So, all members of ASUU are to resume work after their branch congresses on Tuesday (today), September 19. However, ASUU will not hesitate to review its position, should the government renege on its MoA, which you all witnessed today."
         During the final four-hour meeting in Abuja between ASUU and the Federal Government delegation, both parties signed a MoA to finalise their decisions. The MoA was presented to the union, the representatives of the Minister of Education, the Accountant-General  of the Federation, the representatives of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Budget and Planning, and officials of the salary and wages commission.
The questions to answer now are:
Will this be the end of the strike?
What happens if the Federal Government refuse to play their role in the agreement made at the end of October?
How long will the conditional suspension last?

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