The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to call off its eight-month-old strike after the Federal Government offered to pay the lecturers ₦70 billion.
The decision followed a meeting with the Federal Government’s team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on Friday and was disclosed on ASUU official twitter page.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to call off its eight-month-old strike after the Federal Government offered to pay the lecturers N70 billion.
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— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) November 28, 2020
The FG further agreed to settle the arrears of salaries of the lecturers before December 31.
FG pledged to pay N40 billion as the EAA and N30bn for the revitalization of the university system to bring the total to N70 billion.
ASUU is expected to report the agreement to its organs and then communicate their decision to the government after which a date for the calling off of the strike would be announced.