Nasarawa State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has agreed to suspend the over 2 months old industrial action it embarked upon if government pays outstanding salaries and the 20 percent Earned Academic Allowance, EAA, owed workers. Speaking after their Congress meeting in Keffi, Chairman of the Union Dr Theophilous Lagi stated that both the Governing Council and ASUU have agreed in principle to suspend the strike on the ground that government should fulfill its obligations. His words, “We have agreed to suspend the strike, if government fulfills its own part of the deal, If they can do that, we are ready to resume work immediately.” In a memo from the Office of the Chairman of Governing Council of the University, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, all the contentious six items have been deliberated upon, providing “specifics” as ASUU has always demanded. Government says it would provide two hundred and two million Naira (N...
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