A senior lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has expressed hope that the lingering strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may soon be over.
The human rights activist, who doubles as lawyer to the academics, at a book launch on Monday in Lagos, said the strike would likely be called off in a matter of days.
He added that it is likely that the strike would be concluded outside the courtroom.
The ASUU embarked on a nationwide strike on February 14, 2022, to press home its demands from the Federal government.
Some of the demands of ASUU include funding for the revitalisation of public universities, earned academic allowance, poor funding of state universities and promotion arrears.
Others are immediate deployment of UTAS to replace IPPIS; renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement; release of the reports of visitation panels to federal universities and distortions in salary payment challenges.