There are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off its lingering strike on Thursday.
Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities regarding the offer made by the FG to revamp the institutions.
ASUU and the FG presided by Goodluck Jonathan met last Tuesday (started on Monday) in Abuja. After which ASUU leaders briefed the zonal coordinators on the offer and ordered the local branches to organise congress meetings.
This step is to enable all the lecturers to be involved in the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday.
However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike after the Thursday NEC meeting.
In some universities, the congress meetings will be held today. However, there is no official information regarding whether the strike will be called off or not after the NEC meeting.
The Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, said,
“Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday evening but ASUU has a process which we are going to follow. NEC reserves the right to call off the strike after due consultation with members and this is why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union.”
