Following the recent efforts of the House of Representatives, there are indications that a truce may be brokered soon as the members of the lower National Assembly commenced intervention towards ending the seven-month long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The Federal Government has inaugurated Governing Councils for four Federal Universities of Agriculture whose membership were appointed over a year ago.
The Federal Government offered 23.5 per cent salary increase for all categories of the workforce in federal universities, except for the professorial cadre, which would enjoy a 35 per cent upward review.