After eight months the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended the industrial action.
The union announced the suspension of the industrial action during a meeting of its leadership that started on Friday.
The announcement was followed after a meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week.
Prior to the meeting, the Court of Appeal had ordered ASUU to suspend the strike before its appeal of the ruling ordering lecturers to resume work can be heard.
Members of the union’s National Executive Committee, which comprises the chairmen of the state chapters and members of the national executive, attended the meeting at the ASUU National Secretariat in Abuja.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike since February 14 this year to push for better funding of universities as well as improved welfare for its members based on several deals reached with the government.
ASUU was particularly asking for the release of the revitalisation funds for schools, the payment of earned academic allowances to members, and the release of whitepapers from the reports of the presidential visitation panels. It also demanded the usage of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) as a payment platform for university workers as against the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
