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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU may suspend their strike soon as they have unanimously agreed to consider the federal government’s offer.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the agreement is coming after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and federal government delegation including Ministers of Labour and Education, Dr. Chris Ngige and Mallam Adamu Adamu in Abuja.
The leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week.
The national president of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, after the intense meeting told journalists that the union will come back after one week to take its final decisions.
“Now we have some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration,” he said.
On his part, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its principals.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the meeting started 1:38pm on Thursday and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the strike which commenced on August 8 has crippled academic activities in both the state and federal institutions across the country.
Details later…