The fate of university students now hang
in the balance as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has
directed its various branches to put on-hold the proposed emergency
congress today meant to take final position on the strike.
The
various branch congresses were scheduled for Monday to decide on the on
going five-week-old strike after the National Executive Council (NEC) in
Abuja on Thursday and Friday.
The national body of the union at
the weekend sent signals to branch chairmen to put on-hold the proposed
meeting thus prolonging the industrial action.
On Wednesday,
University of Lagos, Lagos State University, University of Ibadan, Ekiti
State University, Ado-Ekiti, Federal University of Technology Akure,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University,
Bauchi and Federal University of Technology Minna voted for continuation
of the strike The following institutions voted for suspension:
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Usmanu Danfodio University,
Sokoto and University of Port Harcourt.
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