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By Adesina Wahab & Joseph Erunke
After a lull successful the question of incessant strikes successful the Nigerian nationalist assemblage system, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday declared a two-week informing strike, alleging national government’s reluctance to conscionable their demands, contempt efforts by national authorities officials to conscionable with the national to avert the action.
The informing strike, which commences midnight yesterday, was announced by the National President of the union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, portion briefing newsmen successful Abuja, though different world unit national successful the assemblage system, the Congress of University Academics, CONUA, said its members would beryllium astatine their desks, arsenic determination was nary crushed for them to spell connected strike.
It was learned that having got upwind of the union’s determination to embark connected informing onslaught today, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, his counterpart successful the Labour Ministry, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, instantly convened a gathering with the national officials who, it was learned, remained evasive past night.
Declaring the presumption of ASUU, Piwuna said the enactment became indispensable due to the fact that FG failed to conscionable their demands aft a 14-day ultimatum earlier issued lapsed.
However,the National President of CONUA, Dr. Niyi Sunmonu, besides stated his union’s presumption successful a chat with 1 of our correspondents yesterday.
But ASUU President, Piwuna, said if aft the two-week informing strike, authorities failed to conscionable their demands, what would travel would beryllium a full and broad strike.
Prof. Piwuna said: “It is regrettable to enactment that thing important has happened since our past briefing connected the 8 issues successful dispute.
‘’The unresolved issues see the decision and signing of the renegotiated 2009 FGN–ASUU Agreement; outgo of withheld three-and-a-half months’ salaries; sustainable backing and revitalisation of nationalist universities and an extremity to the victimisation of lecturers successful LASU, KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University), and FUTO and others.
Prof. Piwuna noted that contempt respective appeals and assurances from authorities officials, including a missive dated September 30, 2025, from the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, thing tangible had been achieved.
He disclosed that the result of an exigency gathering of the FGN/ASUU 2009 Agreement Renegotiation Committee held connected October 10 was disappointing, describing the documents presented by the authorities arsenic “provocative and inconsistent” with erstwhile drafts.
“The hurriedly packaged documents were a full departure from the tone of the Nimi Briggs-led renegotiated statement and incapable of dousing concern hostility crossed campuses,” the ASUU president said.
“ASUU’s National Executive Council, NEC, has directed each its branches nationwide to retreat their services effectual 12:01 a.m. Monday, October 13, 2025,” helium insisted.
Our members not connected onslaught – CONUA
However, the National President of CONUA, Dr. Niyi Sunmonu, told Vanguard that his national had nary contented with the authorities to warrant it declaring a commercialized dispute.
While noting that ASUU’s onslaught could beryllium counter-productive successful the end, helium said: “We held congresses crossed our branches nationwide precocious and it was the determination of the members that determination is thing to state a commercialized quality for.
‘’We besides held a gathering with the authorities team, which included the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, connected September 11, 2025.
“We conscionable privation the vice chancellors of assorted universities and the national authorities to respect our determination and instrumentality enactment that CONUA members nationwide are not connected onslaught and we person not declared any,” helium stated.
NANS wants speedy resolution
Speaking connected the development, the National Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Comrade Adeyemi Samson Ajasa, explained the steps taken by the relation to avert the existent situation.
‘’The existent National President of NANS is from the University of Jos, conscionable similar the existent National President of ASUU. We tried to exploit that. We besides met with the Minister of Education connected the matter,’’ helium said.
Ajasa called for a speedy solution of the dispute:
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