Mixed feelings have been expressed in response to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) decision to temporarily halt its eight-month-old strike.
A National Executive Committee (NEC) member of the union had earlier been quoted as having told Channels TV in the early hours of Friday that the strike had been called off.
According to him, the union’s NEC convened a meeting that began on Thursday night and went into the early hours of Friday led to the decision to stop the strike.
After the Court of Appeal ordered its members to restart last week, the union scheduled the meeting to consider the next course of action.
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However, several Nigerians have voiced their opinions about the strike’s suspension on the microblogging site Twitter.
Check out a few of the responses below.
What changed, @quincypetersjr asked? If not, please don’t tell me that the lives and academic careers of students and teachers, whose futures have been in jeopardy for eight months, were all for nothing. But I hope it was worthwhile.
“The strike seriously dealt with my business, so I’m going to start over,” wrote @AdeyinkaAdeshi6.
God, please help me.
“ASUU don call off the strike,” wrote @rutie xx. It’s time for me to pack.
“Thank you for calling it off, make I finish my final year exam. You can continue with the strike if Una wishes,” wrote @Pricele86022297.
“Resumption is going to be amusing sha, no money around,” commented @peacejimmy2022.
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“Nobody happy reach landlords for this ASUU strike suspension,” commented @aystickz.
ASUU don call off strike Twitter Kitchen go too dry, according to @babygirljasz. Go full TL on “who is meant to do the cooking and cleaning between a couple if the woman makes six figures.”
“ASUU don call off strike, time to start monitoring my departmental Group chat messages,” wrote @jamiu BIN ladin.
