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The committee tasked with the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement between the Nigerian government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the government and its agents have been peddling lies against it. ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022, announced the commencement of strike action due to what it described as a “failure” on the part of the government to meet some of the lingering demands of the union.
A lecturer at University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, identified as Dr Christian Emedolu, has reportedly had a stroke and died on Tuesday morning. SaharaReporters gathered that Emedolu, who was hypertensive, had been in a coma since Saturday when he was informed of the Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government's decision to withhold the salaries of the striking lecturers.