ASUU ready to call off strike if FG meet their conditions

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said that they can call the over three-month-old strike anytime from now.

The union on Monday gave the condition for FG to meet to end the strike immediately. Recall that many public universities have been closed since the strike began.

According to the president of ASUU, Emmanuel Osedeke, the condition was one, and that is for the FG to accept the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) payment platform.

The union president made this revelation on Monday night while speaking on Channels Television. He said the union would not back down if the government refused to meet the condition to accept UTAS and honour the 2009 agreement.

He said:

Let government tell us they have finished testing the UTAS and sign the agreement; then tomorrow, we will call off the strike,”

“We challenge the government, when would they sign the agreement? When would they accept UTAS? These are the two questions we should ask Nigerian government.”

“Go to Ghana there or South Africa and see if you can compare them – that is our struggle – We call ourselves the giants of Africa.

“We are simply waiting for government to sign the agreement – Once that is done we will call off the strike.”

He also made it clear that their demands are in the interest of Nigerian students. They want to ensure they start learning in conducive environments.

For over three years, ASUU has been slugging it out with the FG over its refusal to meet their demands based on their 2009 agreement.

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