ASUU set to end strike as governing council, vice chancellors meet

<p><strong>There are indications that the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Academic Staff Union of Universities &lpar;ASUU&rpar;<&sol;a>&comma; may soon call off their seven-month old strike&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is because an emergency meeting between ASUU&comma; the governing council of Universities and the Vice Chancelors will be held&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday September 14&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ongoing strike by lecturers in public universities&comma; which began on 14 February&comma; took a turn for the worse when ASUU declared it total and indefinite on 29 August&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A series of meetings between the Union and the Federal Government to resolve the impasse had always ended in a fiasco largely because sincerity and realism did not underpin those engagements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile university students on Tuesday blocked the inbound and outbound sections of Lagos-Ibadan expressway in protest over the ASUU strike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;aide-speaks-on-peter-obis-convoy-attack-in-abuja&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff9900&semi;">Aide Opens Up On Attack On Peter Obi&&num;8217&semi;s Convoy In Abuja <&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The protest was staged in the Mowe area by the students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students &lpar;NANS&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Addressing reporters during the protest&comma; members of the association said the protest has become imperative in order to press home their demand for immediate resolution of the face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;