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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) has extended its ongoing warning strike for another two months.
The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council(NEC) meeting held at its national Secretariat in Abuja, on Sunday night
Although the union has not made public any statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, Vanguard reports that members resolved at the meeting that the industrial action be extended for two more months.
A statement on the outcome of the meeting, according to the medium, is currently being drafted and would be released to the media soon.
Also, at about 6:50am on Monday, an unverified Twitter handle of ASUU announced that the union had extended the warning strike by eight weeks.
“BREAKING NEWS: ASUU extends the strike action by 8 weeks. Stay tuned for more details. #ASUU #ASUUstrike,” the tweet read.
The union declared a one-month warning strike on February 14.
Details later……..
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