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Academic activities have been disrupted at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and Imo State University, Owerri, following indefinite strikes by their chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The development came as the ASUU National Executive Council authorised 20 university branches to commence processes towards industrial action over the alleged non-implementation of the 2025 agreement between the Federal Government and the union.

The decision was contained in the resolutions of the union’s NEC meeting held at the University of Abuja on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, 2026, and contained in a statement by the ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, on Monday.

According to the resolutions, the affected branches were directed to issue 14-day ultimatums and, where their demands were not met, proceed on strike.

The NEC said the decision followed concerns over what it described as the slow implementation of the 2025 federal government-ASUU agreement and the failure of several state-owned universities to implement the agreement.

He further directed the union’s branches to act after the expiration of the ultimatums, noting that branches in the Sokoto Zone had already issued two-week ultimatums.

Meanwhile, ASUU chapters at Nasarawa State University and Imo State University have already commenced indefinite strikes.

At Nasarawa State University, the chapter declared a total and indefinite strike over alleged unpaid entitlements estimated at more than N3bn.

The chapter chairman, Dr Zubairu Loko, said the outstanding payments included Earned Academic Allowance, consequential adjustments arising from the implementation of the national minimum wage and the Federal Government-approved salary increase for university lecturers.

Loko said the union had held several meetings with the university management, Governing Council and Nasarawa State Government to resolve the issues but without success.

“Enough is enough. We have withdrawn our services. There will be no teaching, no supervision, no research until our money is paid,” he said.

At Imo State University, the ASUU chapter also commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the Imo State Government to implement the 2025 agreement between the union and the Federal Government.

The union said it had waited for nearly eight months for the agreement to be implemented, noting that some other state universities had already commenced implementation.

The union noted that its grievances include the continued deduction of the university’s internally generated revenue into the Treasury Single Account, alleged erosion of university autonomy, non-payment of promotion arrears dating back to 2016 and outstanding salaries owed some members.

ASUU also directed branches in federal universities where salaries were underpaid, including universities of agriculture, to take action to press their demands.

HacheNoire:
Same mistakes don’t yield different results.

Make the state and federal universities autonomous and FG should only be granting funding to dedicated courses.

In 2026, it is glaring the FG cannot fund education IF it wants to compete in Africa and the world.

Continuous spending on a collapsed tertiary education will not yield any positive result and strikes will always be a subject on the table.

Let university fund themselves. Education should be expensive and not for all.

pinkguy:
please the go tinubu is not ready to see improvement in education

Chiefupper:
You guys are happy just because it's a bad news. The news didn't even have source and it remains unverified yet Nigerians are happy. Tell me, is there anything you are getting from hearing bad news against your country's government?
Instead of you to focus on your lives, you are here waiting to devour on any bad news as if you will be paid for it.
I always wonder which kind of unpatriotic citizens we really are. Nigeria is getting worse yet its citizens are happy just because the government is getting it wrong, at the end of the day who will suffer for it?

Chiefupper:
You guys are happy just because it's a bad news. The news didn't even have source and it remains unverified yet Nigerians are happy. Tell me, is there anything you are getting from hearing bad news against your country's government?
Instead of you to focus on your lives, you are here waiting to devour on any bad news as if you will be paid for it.
I always wonder which kind of unpatriotic citizens we really are. Nigeria is getting worse yet its citizens are happy just because the government is getting it wrong, at the end of the day who will suffer for it?

HacheNoire:
Same mistakes don’t yield different results.

Make the state and federal universities autonomous and FG should only be granting funding to dedicated courses.

In 2026, it is glaring the FG cannot fund education IF it wants to compete in Africa and the world.

Continuous spending on a collapsed tertiary education will not yield any positive result and strikes will always be a subject on the table.

Let university fund themselves. Education should be expensive and not for all.

HacheNoire:
Same mistakes don’t yield different results.

Make the state and federal universities autonomous and FG should only be granting funding to dedicated courses.

In 2026, it is glaring the FG cannot fund education IF it wants to compete in Africa and the world.

Continuous spending on a collapsed tertiary education will not yield any positive result and strikes will always be a subject on the table.

Let university fund themselves. Education should be expensive and not for all.

HacheNoire:
Same mistakes don’t yield different results.

Make the state and federal universities autonomous and FG should only be granting funding to dedicated courses.

In 2026, it is glaring the FG cannot fund education IF it wants to compete in Africa and the world.

Continuous spending on a collapsed tertiary education will not yield any positive result and strikes will always be a subject on the table.

Let university fund themselves. Education should be expensive and not for all.

The NEC said the decision followed concerns over what it described as the slow implementation of the 2025 federal government-ASUU agreement and the failure of several state-owned universities to implement the agreement.

pinkguy:
please the go tinubu is not ready to see improvement in education

SeeWahala:
Isn't thse lack of ASUU strikes one of their tilumbu campaign points in the forthcoming election? 🤔

HacheNoire:
Same mistakes don’t yield different results.

Make the state and federal universities autonomous and FG should only be granting funding to dedicated courses.

In 2026, it is glaring the FG cannot fund education IF it wants to compete in Africa and the world.

Continuous spending on a collapsed tertiary education will not yield any positive result and strikes will always be a subject on the table.

Let university fund themselves. Education should be expensive and not for all.

EponObi:
Trust Nigerians especially "those people" to accuse Tinubu.

Many Nigerians don't understand the governance of Nigeria.

We need regional government ASAP. As you can see in the comments already, they are already blaming the FG for a problem caused by some states that's is clearly written in the report.

Nigeria governors are the luckiest in the whole world.

HacheNoire:
Same mistakes don’t yield different results.

Make the state and federal universities autonomous and FG should only be granting funding to dedicated courses.

In 2026, it is glaring the FG cannot fund education IF it wants to compete in Africa and the world.

Continuous spending on a collapsed tertiary education will not yield any positive result and strikes will always be a subject on the table.

Let university fund themselves. Education should be expensive and not for all.

kelechi50:
This week I was watching on arise TV and one minister was saying that the economy is doing well to the extent, that they is no strikes of any form.