The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, ChannelsTV and PUNCH newspapers are reporting.
According to the reports, select members of the union’s National Executive Committee, disclosed the development early Friday.
University lecturers under the aegis of ASUU embarked on the strike on February 14 to protest the federal government’s inability to honour previous agreements, poor funding of universities and remuneration gaps, among others.
The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that began on Thursday night and lasted into the early hours of Friday, the reports add.
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.
Quest Times understands that ASUU President Osodeke will issue an official circular announcing the development at dawn.
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.
Members of the union’s National Executive Committee, which comprises the chairmen of the state chapters and members of the national executive, attended the meeting.
President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of Labour Chris Ngige and House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, among other top government personalities, have been appealing to the lecturers to end the prolonged strike and get students back into classrooms.
The government had even gone on to register a parallel body called CONUA, to weaken ASUU.