The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has given the hint that the lingering strike by the union will soon be called off.
Osodeke said during a meeting of the lecturers’s union and the leadership of the House òf Representatives on Sunday that the strike will be called off in days.
Osodeke said the striking lecturers under his leadership have seen glaring indications that the strike would be called of in a few days.
“In a few days, we will put this strike to an end,”
“For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.” Osodeke said
Also, the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, briefed the leadership of ASUU about his meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said that it was his expectation that the strike would be called off “in a matter of days.”
ASUU had on February 14, 2022, embarked on strike to press home their unresolved demands to the federal government.
Some of the lecturers’ demands include funding for the revitalisation of public universities out at N1.1 trillion, payment of earned academic allowances, and adoption of the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) as a preferred payment option, instead of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and payment of promotion arrears.
