BY MUSA ZULAYKHAH OCHUWA

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to address its seven-point demands or face an industrial action.

The union said it reached the decision at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Sunday at the University of Abuja.

ASUU’s National President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, announced the strike notice while addressing reporters yesterday in Abuja.

He said: “At the NEC meeting held on September 28, 2025, at the University of Abuja, the union decried the neglect of the university system and the government’s consistent refusal to meet its demands. “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 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.”

The Federal Ministry of Education recently set up a committee, chaired by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Abel Enitan, to review ASUU’s proposals in a bid to restore stability in the university system.

But the committee has yet to make its recommendations public.

Also, in an interview with The Nation, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, had said there was no need for the union to embark on a strike in the middle of ongoing talks.

Alausa had appealed to the university lecturers to be patient with the outcome of the committee’s assignment, which is expected to address the issues raised by ASUU.