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“With this development, Governing Councils of affected universities are expected to call for the reopening of the schools from next week. However, students’ resumption of classes may not be immediate, as hostels and other facilities not used for about eight months would have to be put in shape”
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 13, 2022
The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will be meeting today in Abuja where it is expected to deliberate on recent developments in the face-off between it and the federal government and probably call off the 8-months strike.
Sources close to the Vanguard said that the NEC meeting would be preceded by congresses in its branches nationwide today.
In line with its tradition, the NEC meeting would start late on Thursday and the decision made public early Friday morning when the ongoing strike is expected to be called off the strike which, incidentally, is the day marking the eighth month the industrial action started.
The developments, it was gathered, are a result of the intervention of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in the matter after the Court of Appeal last Friday gave the union seven days to comply with the ruling of the National Industrial Court in Abuja, that it should call off the action before further entertainment of the matter between it and the FG would continue.
*House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila facilitated the truce between the teachers and government.
Also, the issue of the withheld salaries was resolved, with the government promising to pay in tranches. With this development, Governing Councils of affected universities are expected to call for the reopening of the schools from next week.
However, students’ resumption of classes may not be immediate, as hostels and other facilities not used for about eight months would have to be put in shape.
It will be recalled that ASUU went on strike on February 14, this year, over some demands from the government.
Top on the list is the use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS as the payment platform in the university sector which the union wants to be scrapped.
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