Lecturers Suspend Strike For 60 Days In Colleges Of Education

Lecturers belonging to Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union have resolved to suspend the nationwide strike action for a period of 60 days.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Executive Council Meeting held in Abuja.

GWG recalls that the union had initiated a strike action on June 10, seeking a lasting solution to the challenges facing colleges of education in Nigeria.

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The Academic Staff Union had demanded that the government adopt the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers.

The union in a statement signed by the general secretary, Dr Ahmed Lawan, said: “While appreciating critical stakeholders for their intervention and dogged commitment to the resolution of the strike, as evident in the enormous progress made at the ongoing negotiations and the appreciable level of progress made towards the amendment of the colleges of education amendment act which is paramount for the COE system.

“The NEC resolved that the nationwide strike action which commenced on June 10, 2022 be suspended for a cool-off period of 60 days to give government the opportunity to perfect the progress made so far into tangible achievements that are acceptable to the union after which the NEC shall reconvene to reassess the status of the issues and decide the way forward,”

The decision of the lecturers in the Colleges of Education to suspend the strike action would mean that presently that only university-based unions remain on strike.

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