The
fate of university students now hang in the balance as the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its various branches to
put on-hold the proposed emergency congress today meant to take final
position on the strike.
The various branch congresses were
scheduled for Monday to decide on the on going five-week-old strike
after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja on Thursday and
Friday.
The national body of the union at the weekend sent
signals to branch chairmen to put on-hold the proposed meeting thus
prolonging the industrial action.
On Wednesday, University of
Lagos, Lagos State University, University of Ibadan, Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi and
Federal University of Technology Minna voted for continuation of the
strike The following institutions voted for suspension: Olabisi
Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Usmanu Danfodio University,
Sokoto and University of Port Harcourt.
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