Asuu Agrees to End 8 Months Old Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call off its eight-month strike . The union leadership reached a consensus  during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment,  Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja, on Friday.

The government also pledged to increase the total payment to the union to N70 billion.

This is happening one week after the Federal Government  accepted the demand by the ASUU that they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System