The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has finally suspended its nationwide strike after about eight months of keeping students at home.
The union ended the strike following intense negotiation with the government led by the House of Representatives under the leadership of Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker.
Although ASUU is yet to make public its decision to call off the strike, a member of the union from UNILAG confirmed this early Friday.
It was learnt that the decision to suspend the strike was made at the conclusion of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja.
A member of the union’s National Executive Committee who spoke to Channels TV on Friday morning also confirmed the development, saying the strike had been called off after lengthy deliberations.
He disclosed that the union’s President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, would make an official announcement later on Friday morning.
The union called the meeting to determine its next course of action after its state branches met last week in response to the Court of Appeal ruling.
Before hearing ASUU’s appeal of the decision ordering lecturers to resume work, the Court of Appeal had ordered them to call off their strike.
The meeting at the ASUU national secretariat in Abuja was attended by members of the union’s NEC, which is made up of the leaders of the state chapters and the national executive.
Earlier reports had detailed that most state chapters of the union had voted for the strike to be called off.
ASUU had been on strike since February 14 this year.
