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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says it is mobilizing its members across the country for a nationwide rally scheduled for Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
At a press conference held at the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti on Monday, the Zonal Coordinator, Adeola Oyebisi Egbedokun, said the move was part of the union’s efforts to pressure the Federal Government to address its long-standing demands
Egbedokun stated that the rallies were the union’s first decisive response to the government’s continued inaction, warning that the protests signal what lies ahead if concerns remain unaddressed.
According to him, the rallies will be held simultaneously across universities in the country, with academic activities suspended during the demonstrations.
According to him, the National Executive Council, NEC, of ASUU has given the government until its scheduled meeting of August 28 to respond to its demands, after which the next line of action would be determined.
“For over two years, we have kept faith with dialogue and refrained from strikes, but our patience has reached its limit.
“If the government continues to play games with the future of our universities, then it must bear the consequences of the storm that will follow,” he warned.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ordered its members across the country to withdraw their services, citing the federal government’s continued delay in paying their June 2025 salaries.
This decision stems from the union’s standing “No Pay, No Work” policy, which mandates industrial action whenever salaries remain unpaid for more than three days.
Already, lecturers at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja have downed tools in compliance with the directive.
ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, confirmed the development in Abuja on Monday. He explained that the ongoing strikes were not new decisions by individual branches but rather an enforcement of a resolution adopted by the union’s National Executive Council (NEC).
He criticised the government for what he described as a persistent display of indifference towards lecturers’ welfare, pointing out that despite the modesty of university teachers’ salaries, authorities have continued to withhold payments without justification.
Piwuna further noted that the problem worsened after the government migrated university payroll from the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) to the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), resulting in repeated delays that have plunged many lecturers into hardship.
He revealed that efforts by the union’s leadership to resolve the issue through meetings with top government officials, including the Minister of Education and the Accountant General of the Federation, have failed to yield results, leaving the union with no choice but to enforce its “No Pay, No Work” stance.
