Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a two-week total and comprehensive warning strike across all public universities in Nigeria.
The National President of the Union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, announced the latest development at a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday at the University of Abuja.
Piwuna stated that all branches of ASUU should withdraw their services with effect from midnight on Monday, October 13, 2025.
He said, “Compatriots of the press, it goes without saying that there is nothing sufficient on ground to stop the implementation of the ASUU-NEC’s resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike at the expiry of the 14-day notice given on the 28th September 2025.
“Consequently, all branches of ASUU are hereby directed to withdraw their services with effect from midnight on Monday, the 13th October, 2025.
Recall that the Federal Government last week appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve the proposed strike action, as the government was prepared to resolve all the lingering issues comprehensively and holistically.
Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, made the appeal in Abuja at a news conference held before the meeting of the high-level committee on FGN/ASUU 2025 proposed agreement on Wednesday.
Alausa said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had directed that the ASUU proposed strike be averted, affirming the commitment and political will of the President to resolve all the contending issues that would be mutually acceptable and respectful to all the staff unions.
He said there was no basis for ASUU or any other staff unions in territory institutions to embark on industrial action, stressing that the directive of the President is clear, “strike must be averted for Nigerian children to be in school”.
ASUU, had a fortnight ago, issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its demands or face industrial action.
The decision was reached at the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on September 28 at the University of Abuja
Some of the demands of ASUU include the re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, sustainable funding and revitalisation of universities, an end to the victimisation of ASUU members at Lagos State University (LASU), Kogi State University (now Prince Abubakar Audu University), and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), among others.
