By Aluta News
November 28, 2020
FG ,ASUU agrees to call off strike, to receive N70bn
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight – month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities.
The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr Chris Ngige , in Abuja, on Friday .
The government also pledged to increase the total payment to the union to N 70 billion .
This is happening one week after the Federal Government accepted the demand by the ASUU that they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System .