ASUU agrees to suspend strike, on three conditions

ASUU agrees to suspend strike, under three (3) conditions according to multiple reports. The Academic Staff Union of University have agreed to end the five-month old strike, if the federal government says yes to three of its conditions.

These conditions will be made known to President Goodluck Jonathan today and if all parties come to agreement, the strike will be called off.

ASUU has forbidden its local chapters and zonal chairman from talking to the media, until the end of the session. Osas eye learned that ASUU's conditions to end the strike are:

•Commitment from the President that any review or reconsideration or renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement will not substantially affect the pact which is the cause of the ongoing strike;

•Immediate payment of all outstanding salary arrears and allowances of varsity teachers without victimization; and


•A written commitment from the President that the Federal Government will commit N225billion annually to the funding of universities for the next four years.

The source said: “Our leaders are meeting with the President on Monday to table these conditions. Once the President accepts these three terms, the strike will be called off.

“In principle, members voted about 60-40 per cent to call off the strike, but they added a caveat – that ASUU leaders should extract a commitment (signed and sealed) from the President.”