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Breaking: ASUU suspends strike

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Dec 23, 2020

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its 10-month old strike effective from Thursday.

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The union's president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi announced the suspension today in Abuja.

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He said the decision to call off the strike was reached at a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Union.

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The strike commenced on 23 March, 2020.

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Ogunyemi said NEC resolved to accept the agreement reached between ASUU and Federal Government on 22 Dec 2020.

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He said NEC resolved to conditionally suspend the strike action.

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He said the decision to call off the strike was based on the agreement reached between ASUU and government at a meeting on 22 December, 2020.

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The agreement imposed some obligations on all sides.

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"On our part, we have undertaken to go back to the classrooms, laboratories, etc to go and invest in our students and our country", he said.

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