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ASUU declares lecture-free day, hints another strike
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared lecture-free day across all public universities in the country.</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Also, the academic union <span style="color: var(--c-contrast-800);">hinted the possibility of another long term strike in all public universities over the inability of the Federal Government to implement agreements.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: var(--c-contrast-800);">The Daily Page recalls that Nigerian government failed to implement the agreements between them, which led to the suspension of a nine-month prolonged strike.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In order to prepare for another strike, the union <span style="color: var(--c-contrast-800);">directed its members nationwide to declare lecture-free day on Monday, February 7.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Given the reason for the lecture-free day, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, the ASUU National President explained that it will enable their members <span style="color: var(--c-contrast-800);">to have urgent meetings and s</span><span style="color: var(--c-contrast-800);">ensitise the university communities and the general public on the failure of the government to honour an agreement the parties entered into in December 2020.</span></span></p>