The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has served the federal government with a fourteen-day ultimatum.
ASUU declared that if the Federal Government does not resolve its outstanding issues within the period, lecturers will proceed to launch another strike.
This decision was reached after a National Executive Council meeting convened on Sunday at the University of Abuja.
The national president of ASUU, Prof. Chris Piwuna, disclosed the development in a signed copy of the strike notice, as reported by The PUNCH.
The notice read: “At the National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Abuja on the 28th of September, 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 fourteen (14) days within which to address these issues. If at the end of the fourteen-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.”
It is recalled that the Federal Government, acting through the Federal Ministry of Education, constituted a committee headed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Abel Enitan, to examine proposals from ASUU in an effort to secure stability across universities.
ASUU’s demands remain undiminished: renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, adequate revitalisation funding for universities, settlement of outstanding salary arrears, and the establishment of sustainable funding mechanisms.
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