Varsity Lecturers Mobilise For Strike As Govt Ignores Demand

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begun the mobilisation of its members successful Nigerian universities successful mentation for a nationwide informing strike.

This comes a week earlier the expiration of its 14-day ultimatum to the national government, which was announced connected September 28, 2025.

In a circular signed by its president, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, dated 5th October, 2025, the national expressed disappointment implicit what it described arsenic the government’s continued soundlessness and deficiency of committedness to resolving lingering issues affecting the assemblage system.

According to the circular addressed to each ASUU members, the National Executive Council (NEC), astatine an exigency gathering held connected 29th September, 2025, reviewed the result of a referendum conducted crossed its branches and resolved to contented a 14-day ultimatum to the government.

The ultimatum, ASUU said, was meant to compel the signing and implementation of the renegotiated statement transmitted to the authorities since February 2025.

The ASUU president lamented that 1 week aft the resolutions were communicated to the ministers of labour and employment and education, arsenic good arsenic the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), determination had been nary meaningful effect oregon advancement from the government.

“I regret to pass you that determination is nary meaningful improvement deserving of immoderate information to beryllium reported,” Piwuna stated.

He explained that the union’s existent enactment was aimed principally astatine compelling the authorities to honour its commitments, peculiarly the signing and implementation of the renegotiated agreement, among different long-standing demands.

As the ultimatum enters its last week, Piwuna commended members for their patience and resilience passim the dialog process, which helium described arsenic tortuous and unjustifiably prolonged for implicit 8 years.

He urged each members to intensify mobilisation successful their respective campuses to guarantee unity of intent and readiness for the adjacent enactment of action, noting that corporate spot remained ASUU’s top limb successful the conflict for a revitalised and globally competitory assemblage system.

“The days up telephone for mobilisation of each subordinate of our national to guarantee unity of purpose. No 1 should beryllium near retired of the conflict to support our welfare, stem the Japa syndrome, and reposition the Nigerian University System for planetary competitiveness,” the connection work successful part.

ASUU emphasised that members should instrumentality instructions lone from their subdivision chairpersons and zonal coordinators, and be legislature meetings regularly for updates connected further developments.