ASUU gives FG 14-days Ultimatum, Vows 2-Weeks Warning Strike Afterwards

 ASUU gives FG 14-days Ultimatum, Vows 2-Weeks Warning Strike Afterwards 

Oluwafeyisayo Adebanjo

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) in a notice to the Press on the 29th September, 2025 has given the Federal Government of Nigeria, fourteen days ultimatum to meet their pending needs and made a vow to embark on a two-week warning strike if the demands are not met.

The notice duly signed by the Union President, Christopher Pinuwa decried the negligence of the government to the university system and her consistent refusal to heed to the union’s demands.

The Union had agreed to this during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the University of Abuja on the 28th of September, 2025 after several appeals have been made to the government through rallies and raising of placards in both federal and state universities to resolve the lingering issues affecting the educational system. Due to this, the union announced in the notice that, “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 days ultimatum, the Federal Government fails to address these issues, the Union may have no option than to embark on a two-week warning strike without any further notice. The Union shall meet to review the next line of action at the expiry of the warning strike.”

ASUU expressed their concerns on how long the demands have lingered. The union recounted it was over sixteen years and listed her demand to reaffirm her request. It reads thus:

1.Conclusion of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement.

2.Release of the withheld three-and-half months’ salaries. 

3.Sustainable funding of public universities. 

4.Revitalization of universities. 

5.Cessation of the victimization of lecturers in LASU, KSU (now Prince Abubakar Audu University) and FUTO.

6.Payment of the outstanding 25-35% salary arrears

7.Payment of promotion arrears for over 4 years

8.Release of withheld third-party deductions (cooperative contributions, union check-off dues, etc.). 

The Union, which believes in the government’s capacity to tackle the problems, has called on Nigerian citizens, religious and traditional leaders, parents, students and stakeholders in the educational sector to urge the Nigerian government to take adequate action.

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