A member of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Academic Staff Union who attended the just-concluded meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told CEOAFRICA that the union resolved to embark on a one-month “comprehensive and total” strike.

According to the source, the union took the decision despite interventions by many prominent Nigerians.

He said the decision was to save Nigeria’s university system considering what he described as the deteriorating state of Nigerian universities.

He said the government’s recalcitrance made the position unavoidable.

“The indefinite and total strike is for four weeks. We hope the government would do the needful within the next four weeks,” the source stated on Monday morning.

However, ASUU is yet to issue an official statement concerning the strike.

More details to come.