ASUU gives 20 universities 14-day ultimatum, threatens strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has authorised branches successful 20 universities to contented 14-day ultimatums to their respective authorities earlier embarking connected onslaught implicit the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement.

The determination was reached astatine the union’s National Executive Council, NEC, gathering held astatine the University of Abuja on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, 2026.

According to the resolutions signed by the ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, NEC expressed interest implicit what it described arsenic the haphazard implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU statement and the national government’s nonaccomplishment to merchandise subvention needed to afloat instrumentality the agreement.

The national besides faulted visitors to respective state-owned universities that had yet to instrumentality the agreement.

Consequently, NEC authorised branches that had approached it for support to statesman procedures for concern action, taxable to the issuance of a 14-day ultimatum.

The affected institutions are Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Ibrahim Badamasi Babang...