Just In: ASUU Extends Ongoing Strike By 3 Months

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has extended its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks.

This was contained in a statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stating that the extension was to give the government enough time to make resolutions on all the outstanding issues of the union.

The statement stipulated that the roll-over strike was effective from 12.01 am, May 8, 2021.

According to ASUU, the decision was taken after its National Executive Council meeting which started on Sunday night at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja.

The strike action of the university lecturers which is entering its fourth month has left public universities shut and students helpless.

ASUU had accused the federal government of poor commitment to the payment of academic earned allowances; the continued use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System and refusal to adopt the Universities Transparency and Accountability Solution, among others.