On Thursday, 15th of October 2020, the federal government reached an agreement with the academic staff union of universities (ASUU) reached an agreement. In the meeting, the federal government has agreed to release N30billion earned academic allowance to the lecturers between May 2021 and February 2022.
The FG also promised to spend N20bn on the revitalization of the educational sector. Despite the agreement reached by the FG and ASUU, the meeting ended on deadlock. The meeting has been adjourned to October 21 by 3.00pm.
It is expected that ASUU will report back with a decision to end the strike.
