Group and parents ask ASUU to heed the court's resumption ruling.

 The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been urged by the Noble Youths Mass Support Association in Abuja to abide by the resume-work order given by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. In Gwagwalada, Abuja, Mr. Godwin Onmonya, the group's national coordinator, made the plea while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria. He claimed that the strike was hurting pupils. Since February 14, the union, through its president, Mr. Emmanuel Osodeke, has been on a statewide warning strike to emphasize its demands. Mr. Osodeke emphasized that the action would continue until their demands were realized. The funding for the Revitalization of Public Universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS), and promotion arrears are some of the demands made by the academics. The 2009 ASUU-FG Agreement's renegotiation and claimed inconsistencies with the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System are two more.

As the strike approached its seventh month, the federal government was forced to file a lawsuit in court to put an end to it and allow classes to resume. While threatening to block other key routes if their demands weren't satisfied by the government, students protested through the National Association of Nigerian Students by blocking the entrance to the Lagos International Airport. At the request of the Minister of Labour and Employment and in accordance with his authority under the Federal Labor Laws, the court approved the resumption order, pending the resolution of the substantive litigation. In a similar vein, Mr. Luka Ayuba, a father in Gwagwalada Area Council, claimed that the strike had caused his son, who was pursuing veterinary medicine at the University of Abuja, to turn his attention elsewhere. "The kids lose attention after each strike episode, and they don't finish high school in the allotted time. Because their own children are not enrolled in public schools but rather overseas or in private institutions, he claimed that his main grievance was that the government officials did not share it. The University Transparency and Accountability Solution will not be implemented until the renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed, implemented, and executed, according to Dr. Salawu Lawal, the ASUU Zonal Coordinator for Abuja. (NAN).

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