Troubled Nigeria : ASUU gives conditions to suspend strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universitis (ASUU) has given conditions upon which the current industrial action will be suspended.

The president of the union, Abiodun Ogunyemi, stated the conditions in an interview on Sunday night with Premium Times.

Mr Ogunyemi said it was unfortunate that Nigerian leaders “like to move in circles without resolving the challenges rocking the system”.

“Some of these conditions, ASUU said, include the full implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) the two parties willingly signed in October 2017,” he said.

“So the MoA must be implemented fully before we can even talk of suspension of the strike. If they implement the outstanding issues in the MoA fully and change the leadership of the negotiating team, then we can go back to the negotiation,” Mr Ogunyemi said.