Dare Babalola
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended the two-week warning strike it declared last week across all public universities in the country.
ASUU made the announcement on Wednesday at a press conference held at its headquarters in Abuja.
President of ASUU, Chris Piwuna, who read a prepared speech before newsmen, explained that the development followed the intervention of the Senate and some other well-meaning Nigerians.
However, he said the National Executive Council of the union resolved to give the government a one-month window to address all contending issues.
Recall that ASUU declared a total and comprehensive warning strike starting from Monday, October 13.
ASUU is currently demanding the conclusion of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement, the release of the withheld three and a half months’ salaries, sustainable funding of public universities, revitalisation of public universities, and cessation of the victimisation of lecturers in LASU, Prince Abubakar Audu University, and FUTO.
Others are payment of outstanding 25-35% salary arrears, payment of promotion arrears for over four years and release of withheld third-party deductions (cooperative contributions, union check-off dues).
