The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that lecturers in several state-owned universities could begin an indefinite strike if state governments fail to implement the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement.
The warning came from ASUU branches in the Lagos, Kano and Sokoto zones, as well as Taraba State.
The union said many state governments have not carried out key parts of the agreement, including the payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) and Professorial Allowance.
Speaking in Lagos, ASUU Lagos Zone Coordinator, Adesola Nassir, said the union had spent six months meeting with state officials without success.
“We have engaged the Lagos State Government for the past six months without any meaningful outcome,” Nassir said.
He added that lecturers at the Lagos State University, Lagos State University of Education and Lagos State University of Science and Technology now feel “neglected, undervalued and uncertain about the government's commitment to their welfare.”
In Sokoto, Zonal Coordinator Prof. Abubakar Sabo said the union would go ahead with an indefinite strike if affected state governments failed to act.
He said lecturers at several universities were still owed years of allowances, describing the situation in Kebbi State as the worst because some entitlements had remained unpaid since 2014.
In Taraba, ASUU described the government's failure to honour previous agreements as “a neglect of academic staff and a threat to the future of the institution,” adding that members had exhausted their patience after repeated unfulfilled promises.
The union also renewed its demand for the payment of three-and-a-half months of withheld salaries, outstanding pension contributions and other deductions.
ASUU said the 2025 agreement was designed to improve lecturers' welfare, strengthen public universities and revive Nigeria's higher education system.
It urged state governments to implement the agreement quickly to avoid another nationwide disruption to academic activities.
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