ASUU Agrees To Call Off Strike in January

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has revealed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is expected to call off its strike action in January 2021.

This follows the progress in negotiations between ASUU and the Federal Government, which Ngige said had reached 98%.

This disclosure was made by the Labour Minister, while speaking at his home town in Alor, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State, on Monday, during the launch of Ngige’s free medical outreach at the Community’s Health Center.

Ngige said, “We have met about 98 percent of the request of ASUU. Some 5 to 2 percent is what you can call promissory notes. So, I am very hopeful that by midnight today, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people.