ASUU denies plan to Call off ongoing strike

According to Vanguard NG, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has denied calling off the strke that was said to be called off on Thursday. National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, told Vanguard that he was surprised to hear that the union was going to call off the strike on Thursday when the issues tabled before government had not been resolved. Dr. Faggae said: "There is nothing like that (suspending the strike). I am also surprised to hear people say that we are going to call off the strike. He said: "Our members have made it categorically clear what they want. This meeting we had with government on Friday at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, is just exploratory. "We are trying to look at issues holistically and see how we are going to address them.