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  Following Federal Government’s decision to pay half salaries to lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council. According to The Punch, the date for the meeting has not yet been fixed. The lecturers had tackled the government for not paying them full salaries. On Monday, February 14, 2022, ASUU embarked on strike to press home demands from the government. After a series of meetings between the union members and the Federal Government, ASUU suspended its strike and directed members to resume work immediately eight months later. The decision to suspend the strike came days after the court of appeal ordered the union to call off its strike. The president of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke said the eight-month-old strike was suspended because of a court order asking it to do so. He said, “The issues have not been fully resolved and no agreement has been signed. So, we are resuming because we are a law-abidi...