ASUU, FG Meeting Postponed

The planned meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) originally set for Monday (today), has been postponed.

The ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed in an interview that the meeting which the Minister of Education previously announced on Friday will no longer hold.

Although no reason was given for the postponement, the meeting is now expected to take place on Wednesday, August 28.

Public university lecturers, following resolutions reached at the union’s national executive council meeting held at the University of Ibadan on August 19, 2024, threatened to go on a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to honor the 2009 renegotiated agreement.

ASUU’s demands include improvements in welfare, university funding, and halting the proliferation of universities across the country.