The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to resume its suspended nationwide strike over unpaid salaries and poor implementation of the 2025 agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ASUU president Christopher Piwuna disclosed this in a statement on Friday after the union\u2019s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piwuna said the December 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement, achieved after more than eight years of struggle, had been poorly implemented by the federal government and several state governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the situation had left lecturers uncertain about their salaries and entitlements, warning that failure to address the issues could trigger another nationwide industrial action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnless immediate and concrete steps are taken to fully and comprehensively address issues bordering on the welfare and well-being of Nigerian academics, ASUU-NEC will not accept any blame,\u201d Piwuna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the union could call out its members \u201con a nationwide strike action within the shortest time possible\u201d if the government failed to satisfactorily address the outstanding issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piwuna said three-and-half months out of the seven-and-half months\u2019 salaries withheld by the Buhari administration remained unpaid, despite the payment of four months by President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe note with regret that nothing has changed about the three-and-half months\u2019 salaries left out of the seven-and-half months withheld by the Buhari Government since we last addressed the public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the outstanding salaries had caused severe financial and psychological hardship for lecturers, while their purchasing power had declined significantly since the salaries were earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piwuna also raised concerns over billions of naira deducted from lecturers\u2019 salaries for pensions, cooperative societies and ASUU check-off dues but allegedly not remitted for several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cASUU-NEC is fully prepared to call out its members if nothing concrete is done to address this lingering problem without further delay,\u201d Piwuna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ASUU president commended Abia Governor Alex Otti and other governors implementing the 2025 agreement, urging states yet to comply to act promptly to prevent industrial crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piwuna criticised Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke over the two-year tenure extension granted to Osun State University vice-chancellor, Clement Adebooye, describing it as contrary to university law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the action could undermine university autonomy and revive unhealthy practices associated with tenure extensions, urging Adeleke to reconsider the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ASUU president also backed Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero\u2019s call for immediate review of the national minimum wage to cushion the impact of worsening economic hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He urged students, parents, labour leaders, media practitioners and other Nigerians to intervene in the brewing crisis before it escalated into another disruption of university education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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