After nine months at home, students in public universities will return to the classrooms after the Christmas and New Year celebrations after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off their strike on Wednesday morning.
The strike ends on Chrstmas eve on Thursday 24th December, 2020.
But there is a caveat: there are timelines to ensure the Federal Government does renege on terms of agreement, ASUU national president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said at a press conference in Abuja.
If the government reneges, Ogunyemi added wryly: “we are not tired of going on strikes”, adding that members also were suffering from the strike as members’ children were also branded at home.
Also, if the schools do not put in place appropriate Covid-19 safety protocols, ASUU hinted members may not resume classes.
On the knotty issue of salaries owed members, Ogunyemi, reiterated that the agreement reached with government is for the teachers to be paid using the scale last used in January.
More details soon…