Olufemi Atoyebi, AbujaThe Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday called off the three-month-old strike it embarked upon over revitalisation of universities, academic earned allowances, issuance of Universities Pension Management Company and other issues. The strike was called off after a two-hour meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige. ASUU has a licence for the Universities Pension Management Company since January 28, 2019. “We also have a committee to liaise with state government-owned universities, ASUU and the Federal Government through the Ministry of Education. On the issue of Earned allowances, the Federal Government has released N20bn for the payment to all categories of university staff.

Source: Punch February 07, 2019 23:03 UTC