Lagos – Academic activities at the University of Lagos were grounded on Tuesday in compliance with the national strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday.
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The ASUU, under the leadership of the National President, Dr Isa Fagge, had directed members of the union to embark on an indefinite strike nationwide.
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Fagge said that the action followed the inability of the Federal Government to implement some of the issues contained in a 2009 agreement it had with the union.
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He told newsmen in Lagos that the government had also reneged on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it entered into with the union in December 2011.
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At University of Lagos to monitor the effect of the strike, reports that there was total compliance as lecturers shunned classes.