The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to meet today, Monday, in Abuja today.
The meeting will be held at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja.
Okay.ng reports that leaders of the union, who spoke on Sunday, said the lecturers would decide whether or not to resume strike following the payment of half salary by the government.
The purpose of the emergency meeting is to discuss the payment of half-salaries to the lecturers.
Already, some branches across the country have held a congress to decide on the next steps to take.
The branch at the University of Jos, for instance, resolved that the lecturers stay home pending the payment of withheld salaries by the government; the branch at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University resolved that the 2021-2022 academic session be abolished, and the Gombe State University ASUU resolved that the examination results of students be seized.