The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 4 weeks.

A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues.

It also stated that the roll-over strike was effective from 12.01 am, August 1, 2022.

ASUU said it took this decision after its National Executive Council meeting, which started on Sunday night at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja.

The statement read, “After extensive deliberations, noting the government’s failure to live up to its responsibilities and speedily address all the issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action (MoA) within the additional eight-week roll–over strike period declared on March 14th, 2022, the NEC resolved that the strike be rolled over for four weeks to give the government more time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues."

“The roll-over strike action is with effect from 12.01 a.m. on Monday, August 1, 2022.”

The press release titled, "Update on ASUU roll-over strike," read, “The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held an emergency meeting on Sunday, August 31, 2022 at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja.