The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would today (Sunday) hold an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja to take a position on the next line of action following the expiration of their four weeks warning strike.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the emergency NEC meeting would deliberate on the outcome of its engagements with the Federal Government. The NEC is also expected to take a position on whether to participate in the newly constituted renegotiation committee.
The union would also take a position on whether to declare a full-blown strike in the public universities.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that chairmen and principal officers were already in Abuja for the NEC meeting.
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A top member of ASUU confirmed that the NEC meeting would hold at the national secretariat in Abuja but declined to say whether ASUU would declare an indefinite strike after their deliberation.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that ASUU on Monday, February 14 declared one month warning strike to find press home the implementation of its demands by the Federal Government.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, had said after the expiration of the four weeks strike, NEC would meet to decide its next line of action. He disclosed that the union opted for the industrial action following failure of the Federal Government to fully implement ASUU’s outstanding demands dating back to 13 years.
Nigerian students who are presently at home would be hoping for a positive outcome from the meeting as most of them have already vented their frustration at the incessant strike actions which has remained a serious impediment to their academic growth.
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) had already begun holding protests across the country over the strike.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK