The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Akwa Ibom State University chapter, has called off its planned industrial action to press home their demand for some unresolved issues between them and the university management.
This followed a meeting between Governor Umo Eno and the leadership of the NLC and ASUU at the Government House, Uyo, yesterday.
The meeting was held to discuss and resolve some issues that had led the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Akwa Ibom State University branch, to threaten a strike action.
Led by Comrade Sunny James, the Chairperson of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Akwa Ibom, and Dr. Inyang Udosen, the Chairperson of ASUU, AKSU chapter, among others, Governor Eno agreed to address a number of contentious issues.
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These include the payments of the 13th-month salary bonus, the three-month palliative, and the construction of some strategic roads within the main campus at Ikot Akpaden, among other issues.
The Governor, however, charged the Labour leaders to work closely with the government in delivering democratic dividends to the people of the State.
He described the University as the pride of the State and tasked the University’s management to utilize the internally generated revenue to execute some tasks, maintaining that the government would always pay the monthly subvention as and when due.
The visibly elated ASUU leaders praised the Governor for his labor-friendly tendencies and assured that the planned strike would be called off.
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