According to a member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) National Executive Committee, the union has temporarily halted its eight-month-old industrial action.
During a leadership meeting that started on Thursday night and went into the early hours of Friday, the union made the decision to call off the strike.
The union scheduled the conference after its state chapters last week discussed the Court of Appeal verdict in order to decide its course of action.
Before hearing ASUU’s appeal of the decision directing lecturers to resume work, the Court of Appeal had ordered them to call off their strike.
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The meeting at the ASUU National Secretariat in Abuja was attended by members of the union’s National Leadership Committee, which is made up of the leaders of the state chapters and the national executive.
Since this year’s Valentine’s Day, the ASUU has been on strike.
Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities stated that it will review the Appeal Court’s decision ordering the union to halt its strike in order to decide its course of action.
The appeals court ruled on Friday that the union must immediately resume work as previously mandated by the National Industrial Court.
ASUU President Professor Emmanuel Osodeke responded to the new court verdict by stating that the union has not yet received the Appeal Court decision in writing.
He stated that after obtaining the judgment, the union would review the documentation with its lawyers and determine its course of action.
We have not yet received the ruling, so when we do, we will evaluate it with our lawyer before moving forward, he said.
