Nigeria, Dec. 27 -- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed hope that the agreements recently reached with the Nigerian government would be honoured.

The ASUU President, Chris Piwuna, told PREMIUM TIMES in a text that the union would also meet the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, early in January to finalise negotiations and get the government's commitment to implementing the newly signed agreement.

"We reached an agreement with the government, and we expect this government to show a difference from previous administrations that had no fidelity to their words," Mr Piwuna, a professor, wrote our reporter in a reply to an earlier enquiry.

Mr Piwuna explained that previous Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and Mem...