BREAKING: ASUU To Extend Strike Till April
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may likely extend its nationwide strike until April.
It was reported that ASUU embarked on the strike on February 14th to press home their demands from the federal government.
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However, several engagements between the union and representatives of the government have ended in deadlock.
According to a tweet on the official Twitter handle of ASUU: “Clearly, ASUU will be on strike throughout the month of March until late April”.
#LabourMinister: “Our panel will use 6 weeks to look into the demands placed by ASUU,”
Clearly, #ASUU will be on strike throughout the month of March until late April.#ASUUstrike #AsuuStrikeUpdate
— Official_ASUU (@ASUUNGR) March 5, 2022
The union made the tweet following comments by Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige that: “Our panel will use 6 weeks to look into the demands placed by ASUU”:
Earlier, Ngige had revealed the federal government had set a timeline to address the issue of using UTAS for the payment of salaries of universities’ lecturers.
