Nigerian University Lecturers Suspend 9-Month Old Strike

University lecturers in Nigeria under the aegis o the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), has called off its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started in March 2020.

ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja on Wednesday.

He did not give more reasons the industrial action was suspended but asked lecturers to resume classes.

Recall that due to the strike that has lasted, going up to a year, students of Universities in Nigeria have remained at home with a good number of them joining the recently#EndSARS protest that claimed the lives of so many youths.

The protest was a call to end police brutality in Nigeria and to ensure a better working condition for the cops.

However, the lecturers were making demands running into billions of naira for a better condition for the nation’s university system, leading to industrial action.