The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, (COEASU) lecturers have suspended their two month-old strike .
COEASU President, Dr Smart Olugbeko and the General Secretary of the union, Dr Ahmed Bazza made the announcement via a statement on Friday.
They said the strike was called off following “enormous progress” made at the ongoing renegotiation with the Federal Government.
”The decision to suspend the strike was taken at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Abuja, to re-assess the status of issues leading to the three-week roll-over of the national strike,” they said.
“The NEC resolved that the nationwide strike action which commenced on June 10, 2022 be suspended for a cool-off period of 60 days to give government the opportunity to perfect the progress made so far into tangible achievements that are acceptable to the union after which the NEC shall reconvene to reassess the status of the issues and decide the way forward,” the union said in a statement signed by the general secretary, Dr Ahmed Lawan.
Olugbeko further stated that the enormous progress made at the ongoing renegotiation and the appreciable level of progress made towards the amendment of the Colleges of Education Establishment Act, were paramount for the development of the COE system.
He added that the suspension will give the government the opportunity to perfect the progress made so far and NEC will reconvene to re-assess the status of the issues and decide the way forward.
Olugbeko commended critical stakeholders for their intervention and dogged commitment to the resolution of the issues.
Olugbeko commended critical stakeholders for their intervention and dogged commitment to the resolution of the issues.
The union like the Academic Staff Union of Universities requested that the government adopt the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers