ASUU: We’re ready for mother of all strikes

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is prepared for “mother of all strikes” until the union’s demands on the 2009 agreements with the federal government are implemented.

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) chapter of ASUU made this known at a press conference in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

The chapter’s chairman, Dr Peter Ubi, said it was time for the federal government to fulfil the lingering agreements conceived to lift the standard of university education in the country.

Ubi said the industrial action would begin once the national body declared the same after the August 28 meeting.

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Ubi listed the demands to include the re-negotiation of the 2009 agreement, sustainable funding for Nigerian universities, and revitalisation of universities.

ASUU also demanded the payment of the outstanding 25-35 per cent wage award and three months’ salary arrears, promotion arrears for over four years, and non-remittance of third-party deductions.

Ubi stated: “The government made promises on these issues, and regrettably, we are here today to inform the Nigerian public that these undisputed issues have not been resolved for several years now.

“ASUU has tried several ways and strategies to resolve the conflict in the education sector.

“Unfortunately, government, in its characteristics, has paid deaf ears to our demands and has constantly pushed our union to embark on strike.

“In this regard, ASUU has to embark on strike to press the federal government to do the needful.”

The Star