From Nigeria, CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the ongoing strike embarked upon by university lecturers in the country would persist until government grants their demands.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday insisted that the2009 agreement it signed with the union should be fulfilled.

While briefing journalists at the University of Lagos about the situation of things as far as the strike is concern, President of ASUU, Nassir Isa said the only way to end the current strike is when government fully implement the 2009 agreement signed with the body.   

He said the body was surprised that government is yet ratify the agreement despite many promises made to do so.   

“As a union whose members constitute the intellectual cream of society which operates on the basis of principle, we find the event of 20^th August and other recent positions on the matter by government bewildering, embarrassing and highly unacceptable”,  He concluded.