Asuu issued a new strike notification of the demands that have not been fulfilled

The University Academic Staff Union (ASUU) has issued a new warning to the federal government to overcome its demands that are circulating or risking strikes at the State University of the State.

In a statement released on Saturday and signed by his president, Prof. Chris Piwuna, the union said the government had “encouraged university teachers to the walls” by failing to overcome the old problems that affected them.

The statement followed the new comment by the Minister of Education, Dr. Supi Alausa, who stated that “no longer in the country will be asuu or trade union, teacher, or lecturer who is fascinated.”

According to the Minister, the government plans to prevent attacks through dialogue, friendly relations with union leaders, and meet the demands of trade unions.

While welcoming the Minister’s optimism, Asuu insisted that rhetoric alone was not enough.

Therefore, calling for concrete steps to solve extraordinary problems, warns that the lecturer is increasingly frustrated by bad welfare and inadequate working conditions.

“Lecturers at Nigerian State University teaches students about empty stomachs, conducting research without access to important journals or laboratory materials, and carrying out community involvement in a Reyot car while struggling with unpaid bills and family responsibilities,” the statement said.

“However, they were blamed for producing graduates who could not be worn and failed to encourage innovative research to overcome national challenges. Our members felt forgotten, humiliated, and demonstrated by the government in a row.”

The Uni reiterated that they consistently warned the federal and state authority about the dangers of ignoring academic labor.

The essence of his complaint is the alleged failure of the government to respect the principle of joint negotiations as described in the convention of international labor organizations 98 (1949) and 154 (1981).

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Asuu accused the administration successively to damage these principles, by quoting re-negotiations that were jammed from the 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement.

The trade union noted that the draft agreement submitted by the committee led by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed in December 2024 remained without supervision for eight months.

According to Asuu, every major dispute with the government since 2012 comes from violations of agreements, especially in the conditions of service, funding, university autonomy, and academic freedom.

He accused that representatives of the government had terms that picked cherries to implement, ignore the morals of lecturers, and failed to provide basic resources needed for teaching, research, and community services.

Asuu also criticized the “Diaspora Bridge” initiative proposed by the government to attract Nigerian academics abroad as volunteers, describing it as a hypocrite given the bad treatment of lecturers at home.

Mayowa Oladeji