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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that negotiations with the Federal Government person resumed implicit the long-standing 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and different unresolved demands, pursuing implicit 9 days of informing of concern action.
In its Strike Bulletin, which was sighted by LEADERSHIP connected Sunday and signed by ASUU President, Comrade Christopher Piwuna, the national disclosed that the Federal Government’s Renegotiation Team, led by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, has re-engaged the national with documented responses and immoderate offers aimed astatine addressing the contentious issues.
ASUU stated that its National Strike Coordinating Committee (NSCC) met connected Saturday, 18 October 2025, to reappraisal developments surrounding the ongoing concern enactment and measure advancement since the informing onslaught began.
The bulletin states, “The government, done its agents, has returned to the dialog table. Some notable Nigerians person besides been progressive successful uncovering lasting solutions to the impasse.”
The national noted that its members nationwide person remained resolute successful implementing the solution of the National Executive Council (NEC) reached connected 28 September 2025, which endorsed the informing strike.
It added, “ The Government’s Renegotiation Team, led by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, has travel to the dialog array with documented responses to our demands and made immoderate offers to the union.”
ASUU besides acknowledged that applicable Senate Committees had been briefed connected its demands and had since met with the union’s leadership, resulting successful immoderate decisions being reached.
While the national admitted that not each issues had been afloat resolved, it confirmed that advancement was being recorded successful circumstantial areas specified arsenic the merchandise of third-party deductions, arrears of promotions, mainstreaming of EAA, confiscation of UNIABUJA land, and victimisation of members successful KSU, LASU, and FUTO.
The bulletin further stressed that engagements are ongoing connected each elements of the renegotiated 2009 FGN–ASUU Agreement, guided by the principles of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The bulletin reaffirmed the union’s committedness to unity and perseverance and urged members to stay steadfast arsenic negotiations continued. “We commend the resilience and courageousness of our members successful assorted branches, but we should stay agreed and steadfast successful the fewer days ahead,” it stated.
ASUU besides reminded its members that connection during the onslaught indispensable beryllium channelled done their section enactment to debar misinformation.
“The Branch Chairperson remains the lone reliable root of accusation astatine each times; truthful be your subdivision legislature meetings promptly,” it advised.
The ongoing informing concern action, which has entered its ninth day, has implicit 8 unresolved issues that stay cardinal to the dispute.
These see the decision of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement, merchandise of withheld three-and-a-half months’ salaries, revitalisation funding, sustainable backing for nationalist universities, and the cessation of the victimisation of lecturers astatine LASU, KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University), and FUTO.
Others are outgo of outstanding 25–35 per cent wage arrears, colony of implicit 4 years of promotion arrears, and merchandise of withheld third-party deductions specified arsenic cooperative contributions and national check-off dues.
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