ℹ️ BOOM🔥🔥ASUU ANTICIPATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FEEDBACK ON MONDAY.

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BY Prof Hølå-Isååç ☦️

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that it expects to receive an official response from the Federal Ministry of Education on Monday, October 20, 2025, as its ongoing two-week warning strike enters the sixth day.

The National President of ASUU, Professor Chris Piwuna, disclosed this on Saturday during an interview in Abuja. “We are expecting feedback from the ministry on Monday. For now, there is nothing to say,” he stated.

The development comes amid renewed efforts by the National Assembly to mediate in the industrial dispute. The Deputy Senate President, Senator Jibrin Barau, had earlier affirmed the Senate’s commitment to fostering dialogue between the union and the government to prevent further escalation of the strike.
ASUU had on Monday, October 13, 2025, commenced a two-week warning strike following the expiration of its 14-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government.

The union cited the government’s failure to implement key aspects of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement as one of the major reasons for the action.
Last Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, revealed that the government had reached the final phase of negotiations with ASUU and other university-based unions.

He added that significant progress had been made under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, including the release of ₦50 billion for the payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) and the inclusion of ₦150 billion in the 2025 national budget for the needs assessment of public universities, to be disbursed in three tranches.

However, while declaring the strike, Professor Piwuna noted that there was “nothing sufficient on ground to halt the implementation of the ASUU-NEC’s resolution,” directing all branches of the union to withdraw their services with effect from midnight on Monday, October 13, 2025.

The union’s demands include:

👉Conclusion and implementation of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement.

👉Release of withheld three and a half months’ salaries.

👉Revitalisation and sustainable funding of public universities.

👉End to the alleged victimisation of lecturers at Lagos State University, Kogi State University (now Prince Abubakar Audu University), and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.

👉Payment of outstanding 25–35% salary arrears and over four years’ promotion arrears: and
Release of withheld third-party deductions, including cooperative contributions and union check-off dues.

ASUU has reiterated its commitment to dialogue but insists that tangible government action is required to restore confidence and ensure the stability of Nigeria’s public university system.


© Prof Hølå-Isååç ☦️

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