ASUU Strike Latest: Union Is Still Consulting Its Members

ASUU Strike Latest: Union Is Still Consulting Its Members.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU national leadership has said it is still deliberating on what its outcome will be to the offers the Federal Government made for it to end its eight-month-old strike.

The National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on Tuesday in a chat with Vanguard.

According to him, the consultation is with members across the country and other critical stakeholders.

 “We have what the government is offering and have transmitted same to our members nationwide and we are consulting on what the next line of action will be. You know a tree does not make a forest and our union is democratic in nature and practice.

 “As for how long the consultation would take, I cannot say but it may go beyond this week. Whatever we decide on is definitely going to be in national interest, the interest of our children, the interest of our members and the good of all,” he said.

Gistlover recalls that after a series of meetings the leadership of the union held with the government team led by the Minister of Labor, Dr Chris Ngige, and the government had promised to pay the withheld salaries of lecturers from four to eight months.

The government also promised it would release N75 billion for the revitalization of the system and the payment of Earned Academic Allowances.