—Ayokunle Salahudeen
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, a member of the union’s National Executive Committee confirmed.
The union during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday decided to suspend the strike conditionally. The meeting which was called by the union to determine its next action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week.
The Court of Appeal had ordered ASUU to suspend the strike before its appeal of the ruling ordering lecturers to resume work can be heard.
Members of the union’s National Executive Committee, which comprises the chairmen of the state chapters and members of the national executive, attended the meeting at the ASUU National Secretariat in Abuja.
A press release is however to be made public on Friday to highlight the agreements between the government and the striking union, ASUU
ASUU has been on strike since February 14 this year.