The strike of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has entered its fourth month, and lecturers of the government-owned universities will on Monday hold a referendum to make some decisions.

Local

chapters of the Union in each campus have
invited members for the crucial meeting during
which they will be briefed on the outcome of the
13-hour long meeting ASUU Executives had with
the President Goodluck Jonathan and other
officials of the Federal Government. The briefing will be followed by
voting in favour
or against the continuation of the strike. Though some members of the
union are still
sceptical about the promise of the government,
there are indications that the referendum will
favour ending the strike. According to a union member, referendum is
always conducted before a strike is embarked
upon or called off. The ASUU embarked on a strike to demand the
implementation of the 2009 agreement with
government on July 1.