The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing industrial action for another 12 weeks effective from 12.01 am May 9, 2022.
ASUU haS been on strike following the Federal Government’s failure to honour the Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed with the union in 2020.
A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday, said the extension is to give the government ample time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues.
In the press release titled ‘Update on ASUU roll-over strike,’ ASUU said it took the decision after its National Executive Council meeting which started on Sunday night at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja.
The statement reads in part, “After extensive deliberations, noting the Government’s failure to live up to its responsibilities and speedily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action (MoA) within the additional eight-week roll–over strike period declared on 14th March 2022, NEC resolved that the strike be rolled over for twelve weeks to give Government more time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues.
“The roll-over strike action is with effect from 12.01 a.m. on Monday, 9th May 2022.”
