ASUU has suspended its eight-month strike

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally.

A member of the union’s National Executive Committee told newsmen early this morning that the union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on yesterday night and lasted into the early hours of today.

The meeting was called by the union to determine its next line of action after its state branches met over the Court of Appeal ruling last week.

The Court of Appeal had ordered ASUU to suspend the strike before its appeal of the ruling ordering lecturers to resume work can be heard.