The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a two-week total and comprehensive warning strike across all public universities in Nigeria.
The announcement was made on Sunday by the National President of the Union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, during a press briefing at the University of Abuja.
“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 28th September 2025,” Piwuna stated.
He directed all ASUU branches nationwide to withdraw their services effective midnight on Monday, 13th October 2025, emphasizing that the action would be “total and comprehensive” as agreed at the union’s last National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
The latest face-off between university lecturers and the Federal Government comes despite ongoing negotiations aimed at preventing another disruption in academic activities across the nation’s tertiary institutions.
Earlier in the week, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, told reporters in Abuja that the government was in the final phase of discussions with ASUU and other unions to resolve long-standing disputes over welfare, funding, and the implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement.
Alausa noted that the Tinubu administration had already released ₦50 billion for the payment of Earned Academic Allowances, while an additional ₦150 billion had been captured in the 2025 budget for the universities’ needs assessment, to be disbursed in three tranches.
