By our reporter 8.10.2025
Following its decision to embark on a 14-day warning strike, the Federal government has pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to cool it down as the government is addressing their grievances.
ASUU is mobilising its members after weeks of repeated warning to the FG, they wouldn’t rule out going on another long strike if the government failed to meet their demands. ASSU national president, Chris Piwuna, who signed the notification of strike noted that the government has neglected the university system and consistently refused to meet its demands.
“Apart from engagement with the press, in August 2025, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in both federal and state universities held rallies, carrying placards, on their campuses to press the government to address the lingering issues in the university system.
“Nothing came out of all these rallies and pleas. What is clear for now is that both the federal and state governments have a strong habit of paying little or no attention to the education sector in general and the welfare of university academics in particular,” ASUU stated.
But speaking to news reporters Wednesday in Abuja the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said the Federal Government is already looking into the demands of the Union and progress is already being made in the ongoing negotiations between both parties.
He added that President Bola Tinubu had given clear directives that all efforts must be made to avoid another disruption in the nation’s tertiary institutions.