The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight -month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities .
The union leadership reached the consensus during a meeting with the government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr Chris Ngige, in Abuja , on Friday .
The government also pledged to increase the total payment to the union to N 70 billion.
This is happening one week after the Federal Government accepted the demand by the ASUU that they be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System .
Credit: PressExpress
