VARSITIES VOTE TO END ASUU STRIKE. Majority of university teachers yesterday voted to end the four-month-old strike that has grounded the public university system in the country. About 120 chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held congresses at the various institutions and voted to suspend the strike, but insisted that the federal government begins to fulfil its promises immediately. The vote is expected to be ratified by the national executive council of ASUU at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow at Bayero University Kano. ASUU executives will then meet with President Goodluck Jonathan the next day where the deal will be affirmed and the strike called off thereafter. ASUU has been on strike since July over government’s inability to implement an agreement signed in 2009 aimed at improving infrastructure and human capital. However, during recent negotiations, President Goodlcuk Jonathan agreed to provide N1.3tr in the next six years and the balance of N62bn earned allowance to each university. Reports from ABU Zaria, Bayero University Kano and the Uthman Danfodio University yesterday said that the lecturers were willing to resume work, but urged the federal government to live up to its pledges. ......... -DAILY TRUST
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:57:59 +0000
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