The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has indicates readiness to call of its 8-months old strike after meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
ASUU has hailed the House of Representatives for its intervention in the protracted crisis between university lecturers and the Federal Government.
The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said, “For the first time, we have seen light at the end of the tunnel.”
This is just as the Speaker, who briefs the leadership of ASUU about his meetings with the President Muhammadu Buhari, over the crisis, said he expected that the strike would be called off “in matter of days.”
Osodeke said there should be more commitment from concerned stakeholders towards ensuring that strike periods are not allowed to stretch for so long.
“Please, let all of us work together to put a beautiful end to this end to this thing we have started, so that every Nigerian will be proud that we have universities we can be proud of,” Osodeke said.
“Once again, I want to thank you. I also extend our appreciation to the president for intervening, I want to appeal that in the future, we should not allow strike to linger. Strike should not go beyond two days.
