The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the union’s negotiating team did not reach an agreement with the Federal Government to end the eight-month strike on December 9.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. CHRIS NGIGE, told journalists on Tuesday that ASUU had last month agreed to end the strike by December 9.

ASUU President, Professor BIODUN OGUNYEMI, who made the clarification in a statement said the union representatives only told the government’s delegation that they would take the government’s offer to the union branches and report back later.

He added that there was nothing in the government’s offer of November 27 to suggest that the union has agreed to suspend the strike.