[Adesewa]

The national leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, said it was not true that the indefinite now a week old strike had been suspended.
There was a rumor in weekend, that the strike had been call off after the FG representatives led by Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, met with the leadership of the union in Abuja, Wednesday.
But the National President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told Vanguard on telephone, yesterday, that there was no truth in the wide spread rumor of the suspension of the strike.
Instead, he said the union was still consulting with the relevant stakeholders on the outcome of the meeting it had with government representatives.
Asked when the union would meet again with government and when the National Executive Council, NEC, of ASUU would meet to take final decision, Ogunyemi said for now he was not aware of when to meet with government representatives and that it was after consultation that the NEC would meet.
It will be recall that, ASUU declared indefinite strike on Monday last week over contentious issues with the Federal Government which included the non implementation of the 2009 agreement the union and the government entered into.