KEY POINTS

• ASUU has warned of a possible nationwide university strike over delayed implementation of the 2025 agreement with the Federal Government.
• The union accused the government of failing to pay allowances, settle arrears, and inaugurate the implementation monitoring committee.
• ASUU also criticised new education policies and warned that rising hardship and unresolved welfare issues could trigger industrial unrest.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has warned that Nigeria’s public universities may face another industrial action due to what it described as the Federal Government’s slow and inconsistent implementation of the 2025 agreement reached with the union.

The warning was issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Jos branch, during a press conference held at the union’s secretariat on Monday.

According to the ASUU, frustration is mounting among lecturers and academic staff as several aspects of the agreement signed with the Federal Government on December 23, 2025, remain unfulfilled.

ASUU Faults Government Over Monitoring Committee Delay

ASUU said its National Executive Council (NEC), which met at Modibbo Adama University on May 9 and 10, reviewed the implementation of the agreement and expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s level of compliance.

The union accused the Federal Government of failing to inaugurate the Implementation Monitoring Committee (IMC), which was created to supervise the execution of the agreement and prevent delays or irregularities.

According to ASUU, the absence of the committee has resulted in what it called “selective and distorted implementation” of key financial provisions, including the Consolidated Academic and Tool Allowance (CATA), Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), Professorial Allowance, and other responsibility allowances.

The union warned that continued delay could destabilise the fragile peace currently existing in public universities across the country.

ASUU also criticised several recent education policy decisions introduced by the Federal Government.

The union faulted the establishment of the National Research and Innovation Development Fund (NRIDF) by the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, claiming the initiative was introduced without consulting the union.

ASUU questioned the proposed dollar-based funding structure of the initiative, warning that it could expose Nigeria’s education system to foreign influence and “neo-liberal control mechanisms.”