The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its seven-point demands or face industrial action.
The decision was taken during the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Sunday, 28 September 2025, at the University of Abuja.
In a strike notice personally signed by ASUU National President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, and released to journalists on Monday in Abuja, the union expressed disappointment over what it described as the neglect of Nigeria’s public university system and government’s continued failure to honour previous agreements.
Prof. Piwuna said:
“ASUU has given the Federal Government 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.”
ASUU’s Seven Demands
The union listed its major demands to include:
- Re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement
- Sustainable funding of public universities
- Revitalisation of Nigerian universities
- An end to the alleged victimisation of ASUU members in LASU, KSU and FUTO
- Payment of outstanding 25–35% salary arrears
- Settlement of promotion arrears spanning over four years
- Remittance of outstanding third-party deductions