The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff of Union of Universities has failed to suspend the ongoing strike action.
The action has led to a shutdown of academic activities in public universities across the country.
ASUU held a meeting which ended in the early hours of Monday morning.
At the meeting, the union sought to review the activities and progress recorded so far.
“We reviewed the progress made so far, and to be honest, no progress was made,” a source familiar with the matter is quoted to have said.
“We have not heard from the minister at all. Nobody has reached out to us. I can confirm that calling off the strike is not even a matter of discussion.”
Ministry spokesperson, Ben Goong, however, said that the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, was working round the clock to ensure that the strike is called off.
“We cannot speak on what we are doing before we make our submissions to the president. The minister is working round the clock to ensure that he carries out the directive of the president. When we get to the point of calling ASUU, we will,” Goong said.
The prolonged ASUU strike entered its 167th day today (Monday, August 1).
ASUU has vowed to continue its strike action until all its demands are met.
