WorldStage– Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared it would commence strike after 14 days from Monday, 29 September should Federal Government fail to bring satisfactory resolution to its issues.
According to the union, a two-week warning strike will commence if the issues are still not satisfactorily addressed within the two weeks,
The latest decision, contained in a notice signed by ASUU President, Prof Chris Piwuna after an another emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the union held on Sunday, 28 September, at the Yakubu Gowon University (formerly University of Abuja).
The strike notice said, “ You will recall that in recent times, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been engaging the press very frequently.
“The obvious reason has been to draw the attention of the Nigerian Government and members of the general public to the declining fortunes of university education and its implications for the nation’s desire for transformative and lasting development.
“Apart from engagement with the press, in the month of August 2025, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in both Federal and State universities held rallies, carrying placards, on their campuses in order to press the Government to address the lingering issues in the university system.
“Nothing came out of all these rallies and pleas. What is clear for now is that both the Federal and State Governments have a strong habit of paying little or no attention to the education sector in general and the welfare of university academics in particular.”
The issues that the ASUU are seeking for resolution include Re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement; Sustainable funding of our universities; Revitalization of universities; Victimization of our colleges in LASU, KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University) and FUTO; Outstanding 25-35% salary areas; Promotion Areas for over 4 years; Third-party deductions.
ASUU in the notice expressed confident that the Nigerian leadership “has the capacity to fix Nigerian Universities once and for all.
“ASUU also believes strongly that the Nigerian Government has the financial strength to tackle the problem of University education in Nigeria. “We are therefore calling on all well-meaning Nigerian citizens, religious and traditional rulers, parents, students, and all other stakeholders in the education sector to press the Nigerian Government to turn its attention to Nigerian public universities.
“The time to do that is right now. There is this common logic that; a pilot who hears an alarm of danger would refuse to fly so as to avoid a crash. “The fourteen (14) days ultimatum, therefore, is an alarm to the Nigerian Government and ASUU as a Union believes that the Government has the muscle to avert this looming strike. As they say in English: a stitch in time saves nine.”
