The Academic Staff Union of Universities is slated to meet in Minna, Niger state later today in order to call off the almost 6 month long industrial action.
The meeting follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government and the provision of the first installment of N200 billion meant for the upgrade of universities nationwide.
A source told Nation, “We have been communicated that ASUU may likely hold a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Monday at FUT Minna to take a final decision on the strike action.
“The meeting is going to be a formality because ASUU leadership has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Government.
“ASUU’s National President Dr. Nasir Fagge said the union’s NEC would meet and revert to the Federal Government within a week.
“We will use the meeting to make the MoU available to all the branches and design modalities for monitoring the implementation of the agreement.
“The union will also design ways to cover up for missed lectures by students in such a manner that it would not affect academic standards in all universities.”
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