The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government within which to address its seven-point demands.
The union said the decision followed a meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC), which was held on Sunday at the University of Abuja. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, made this known in a copy of the strike notice he signed and made available to newsmen yesterday in Abuja.
“At the National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Abuja on September 28, 2025, the union decried the neglect of the university system and the government’s consistent refusal to heed to its demands.
“Accordingly, ASUU has given the Federal Government of Nigeria an ultimatum of 14 days within which to address these issues. If at the end of the 14-day ultimatum, the Federal Government fails to address these issues, the union may have no option but to, first, embark on a two-week warning strike and, thereafter, a total and indefinite strike,” Piwuna said in the notice.
The ASUU President listed the seven-point demands of the union to include re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement; sustainable funding of universities; revitalisation of universities; victimisation of ASUU members in Lagos State University (LASU), KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University), and Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO).
Others are outstanding 25–35 per cent salary arrears; promotion arrears for over four years, as well as third-party deductions. It would be recalled that the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, had set up a committee headed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Abel Enitan, to look into a proposal for ASUU, in a bid to ensure stability across universities. However, the committee has yet to make any decision known to the public.
