The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that public universities could face another nationwide strike unless the federal and state governments urgently address outstanding salary, welfare, and implementation issues affecting university lecturers.
The warning, followed an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the union’s National Secretariat at the University of Abuja.
ASUU President, Christopher Piwuna, said the union would not accept responsibility for any disruption of academic activities if the outstanding issues were not resolved.
The union said that at the centre of the dispute are the non- or haphazard implementation of the December 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement, three-and-a-half months of withheld salaries dating from the previous administration, unremitted third-party deductions and concerns over university autonomy.
ASUU also commended states including Bauchi, Ekiti, Ogun, Benue, Yobe, Adamawa, Kebbi, Katsina and Borno, where implementation of the 2025 Agreement has commenced but also noted pledges to begin implementation in Kano, Edo, Plateau, Taraba, Gombe and Bayelsa in September or October.
