The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union (ASUU) to avert another round of strike the union recently threatened to embark on.
The minister said he has set up a sub-committee to look into the demands of the ASUU and find a lasting solution to the demands.
ASUU, on 22 August, issued a 21-day ultimatum to meet its demands failing which it would commence an indefinite strike.
The union asked the federal and state governments to address all the “outstanding issues” hindering the development of the nation’s universities, over which it last went on strike for eight in 2022.
Mr Mamman, a professor, and the ASUU leadership reached a compromise at Wednesday’s closed-door meeting held at the Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja, the spokesperson for the education ministry, Folasade Boriowo, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday evening.
Ms Boriowo also disclosed that both parties are to meet again on 6…