Lasun Alagbe
There is respite for Nigerian students as the Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight-month strike.
The strike started like a joke in February, on the Valentine’s Day regarded as as a day of love.
It began as a warning strike but it eventually shut out students for almost an academic year.
The students in public universities had, in 2020, lost a whole academic session.
The lecturers had engaged the Federal Government on issues of vital changes they want in the system, plus their welfare that has practically been on hold since 2009 when an agreement was signed with the Federal Government.
Many believe both sides have been too aggressive in their approaches but the blame seems to rest more by the door of the government which not only reneged on its promises but has also been docile in its responsibility as far as education is concerned.
But the union is said to have reached the decision to call off the strike during the the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja.
Details of the development are still being awaited, however.
