The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government of Nigeria over unresolved issues threatening stability in the country’s higher education sector. The union reached the decision after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at the University of Abuja.
ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, confirmed the development in a statement personally signed and released to correspondents in Abuja. He said, “At the National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Abuja on the 28th of September, 2025, the Union decried the neglect of the University system and the government’s consistent refusal to heed to its demands.”
The union warned that failure by the government to meet its demands within the deadline would lead to industrial action. “Accordingly, 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-day ultimatum, the Federal Government fails to address these issues, the Union may have no option but to, first, embark on a two-week warning strike and thereafter, a total and indefinite strike,” Piwuna added.
ASUU’s demands include the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, adequate revitalisation funding for universities, payment of outstanding salary arrears, and a sustainable funding mechanism. The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, had set up a committee chaired by Permanent Secretary Abel Enitan to review ASUU’s proposals, but no official outcome has been made public.