August 19, 2022 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it would not call off its strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid.

The university lecturers also said they would not teach students to make up for the six months they had been on strike if the Federal Government fails to pay for the “period of strike.”

The union’s national president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in response to a statement by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that the Federal Government will not concede to ASUU’s demands for the backlog of salaries withheld within the period.

Recall that Adamu stated on Thursday that the government will not pay the lecturers for the period of strike.

But Osodeke says the lecturers will also not make up for that period. We will start a new session (2022/2023). We won’t conduct examinations; we will start a fresh session totally.