Nigeria: How Shekarau Convinced Asup to Suspend Strike

Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, may have scored a big one in his first major assignment as a substantive minister, as his intervention was all that was needed to settle the rift between Polytechnic lecturers, represented by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) and the Federal Government.

The over 10 months ASUP strike was suspended on Saturday.

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