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There appears to be no end to the crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government on issues affecting public institutions.

Experts observed that in the event the non-academic members of the university community decide to go on strike, they would make the agreement between ASUU and the government a wasted effort. ASUU had since the return of democracy in 1999 expended four years on strike, an equivalent of one term for an elected president or governor. Prof Biodun Ogunyemi Under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the union had ‘wasted’ 58 weeks on strike, meaning they had been at home for about 15 months. The union had spent four weeks in 2017 and 13 weeks in 2018; while 2020 witnessed the longe...

Daily Trust had reported that the union was set to suspend its strike following payment of two-months’ salary arrears – a development some lecturers at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and University of Ibadan (UI) confirmed to our correspondent during separate telephone interviews. Government would disappoint those planning to protest The minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who led the government delegation explained during Tuesday’s meeting that those planning to protest in January after Yuletide against the strike would be dissapointed. The ...