National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is expected to meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022, to decide on whether to call off or continue with the strike.
Gatekeepers News reports that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over the federal government’s failure to meet its demands bordering on the funding of universities as well as salaries and allowances of lecturers.
Some sources among the NEC members told Punch that the council will take a decision on the industrial action based on reports from the various state congresses. The meeting is expected to hold at the union’s national headquarters at the University of Abuja.
“The NEC meeting will hold on August 28, the four weeks ultimatum that we gave is expiring that same day. We will be making our decisions based on the results of the state congresses.
“The NEC has to depend on the result of the congresses. The zones have held their own congresses; the branch chairmen will also talk to their members and they will get feedback which will be transmitted to the NEC,” one of the sources said.
Lifestyle Nigeria reports that other university-based unions such as the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and other allied educational institutions had also embarked on strike shortly after ASUU’s, to also push their demands.
The government had set up a negotiation team led by the Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Nimi Briggs, in a bid to end to look into negotiations with the unions.
SSANU, NASU and NAAT have suspended their strike actions, but the negotiations between the government and ASUU remain deadlocked.