The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has agreed to call off the ongoing strike.
The union met with the Government negotiation team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Friday.
The Federal Government at the meeting reportedly increased its offer for Earned Allowances to university based unions and funding for the revitalization of public universities from N65 billion to N70 billion.
It was learnt that the union accepted the newly pledged amount of N70 billion to be released by the FG.
The union however insisted that the funding should be implemented before the strike would be suspended.
There was news report that ASUU has given an indication that the meeting, the strike which started since March would soon be called off after a meeting with the leadership of union and its organs.
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According to the report, the university teachers agreed to call off the strike after the government pledged to pay N40 billion for Earned Allowances and N30 billion for the revitalization of the university system bringing the total payment to N70 billion.
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It was further reported that the Government agreed to settle the arrears of salaries of the lecturers before December 31.
But ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the union was yet to agree on calling off the strike.
Ogunyemi, said: ” All I know is that we had a meeting and we are going to report to our members. But I don’t know about suspension of strike.”
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