ASUU issues 14-day ultimatum to FG over seven-point demands
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government asking it to address the Association’s seven-point demands or face industrial action.
National President of the Union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, who made the disclosure in a strike notice personally signed and released to journalists in Abuja on Monday, stated that the decision was reached during its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Sunday at the University of Abuja.
“At the NEC meeting held on September 28, 2025, at the University of Abuja, the Union decried the neglect of the university system and the government’s consistent refusal to meet its demands,” Piwuna said.
“Accordingly, ASUU has given the Federal Government of Nigeria an ultimatum of fourteen (14) days within which to address these issues. If at the end of the ultimatum the government fails to act, the Union may have no option but to first embark on a two-week warning strike, and thereafter, a total and indefinite strike.” He said
According to Piwuna, ASUU’s seven-point demands are – the re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement, sustainable funding of public universities, revitalisation of universities, an end to the alleged victimisation of ASUU members in LASU, KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University) and FUTO, payment of outstanding 25–35% salary arrears, settlement of promotion arrears spanning over four years, and remittance of outstanding third-party deductions.
It would be recalled that the Federal Ministry of Education recently set up a committee chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Abel Enitan, to review ASUU’s proposals in a bid to restore stability in the university system but the committee is yet to make its recommendations public.
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