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[Education] ASUU ENDS STRIKE AS LECTURERS ARE ORDERED BACK TO WORK



ASUU ends strike as lecturers are ordered back to work


Some good news has come through for Nigerian students as the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that the strike has ended.

Professor Biodun Ogunyemi while speaking to the press on Tuesday, November 22, made it clear that the  one week nationwide warning strike over the non-implementation of a 2009 agreement with the federal government has ended.

Prof. Ogunyemi,also urged lecturers to return to work, saying: “We are making progress, especially with the intervention of the Senate. In the next one or two meetings, if we are able to get a clear path to the matter, we will avoid elongation of the strike action.

“I have been receiving these reports that ASUU says strike continues. No. The strike ends today (Tuesday). All lecturers are to go back to work Wednesday morning.”

In conclusion the ASUU president said they were hopeful of a positive outcome, going by the response coming from the federal government.

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