The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decided to roll over the ongoing strike LEADINGREPORTERS has learnt.
This decision was arrived at after a heated and stormy National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union in Abuja.
The meeting, which began late Sunday at the University of Abuja’s headquarters of ASUU, ended early Monday morning, with the resolution that the strike be rolled over.
The action of the nation’s public university lecturers’ union dashes the hopes of many, including parents, who had expressed optimism while the NEC was meeting.
ASUU had declared the commencement of a strike on Monday, February 14, 2022, at the University of Lagos.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, in an interview explained that the government had taken all possible steps to end the strike.
He said, “As regards the next steps, the government has already inaugurated a committee to harmonise the IPPIS, UTAS, and UP3. This will ensure that the government will pay with only one payment platform that will harmonise all the technical peculiarities.
“If you bring some demands and almost 80% have been attended to, there is no need to drag the strike anymore.
“It is unreasonable for the strike to be lingering seeing as the government has worked towards fulfilling most of the demands.”