The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, expressed its readiness to call off its nationwide strike immediately if the Federal Government positively responds to some of its demands.
On February 14, 2022, ASUU went on a warning strike to press home its demands.
But it later declared a full-blown strike, accusing the Federal Government of insincerity.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, while speaking on a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday, said the union was waiting for a positive response from the Federal Government.
The ASUU president said, “As far as ASUU is concerned, the strike can end tomorrow, we have finished the negotiations, let the government call us this night that we should come tomorrow and sign the agreement, we will be there.
“Let government tell us they have finished testing the UTAS, we have accepted it. By tomorrow, we will call off the strike. We are finished (with negotiations).
“We are just waiting, and challenging the government. When will they sign the agreement, and when will they accept UTAS? Those are the two questions we need to ask the Nigerian government.”
He, however, accused government of refusing to pay the striking lecturers their salaries in the past five months.
ASUU and the Federal Government have been at loggerheads over government’s refusal to honour the 2009 agreement it entered with the union.
ASUU’s demands include government’s investment in the nation’s university infrastructure, and payment of members’ salaries through the recommended University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), among several others.