November 18, 2025
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has hinted on resuming its nationwide strike if at the expiration of its one month ultimatum, agreement was not reached with the Federal Government.
This warning was given on Tuesday in Kano by the Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Abdulkadir Muhammad, during a news conference after the zone’s meeting.
ASUU had in October suspended it warning strike with a month-long ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its demands which centered around their welfare and providing conducive teaching and learning environment.
Muhammad described as sluggish federal government approach to renegotiating key agreements aimed at revitalizing Nigeria’s public university system.
The ASUU Zonal meeting was attended by representatives from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria; Bayero University Kano (BUK); Kaduna State University (KASU).
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Others were Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology (ADUSTECH), Wudil, Federal University Dutse (FUD), Northwest University (NWU), Kano; and Sule Lamido University (SLUK), Kafin Hausa.
The Zonal Coordinator, said descion followed the report presented at ASUU’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Nov. 8 and 9 at Taraba State University, where NEC expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of the ongoing renegotiation between the union and the government, describing it as a major obstacle to concluding the process meaningfully.
He stated that the suspension of the strike in October was meant to create and enabling environment and a gesture of respect for Nigerians.
“However, our hope for a holistic and timely resolution of the issues is increasingly being dashed.
“It is unfortunate that some government functionaries employ different tactics to undermine the renegotiation process and misinform the public on the state of our engagements,” he said.
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He said that government had yet to show genuine commitment to improving lecturers’ welfare or addressing the conditions that fuel brain drain in the university system.
“What government has offered will neither improve the working conditions of academics nor attract scholars from other countries to our universities.”
According to Muhammad, it is unfortunate that some government officials claim that ASUU demands have been met.
He called on the Federal Government to place a moratorium on the establishment of state universities as it did for federal universities.
“Governors have cultivated the habit of establishing universities in their states without commitment to funding them.”
