ASUU: ‘Every single request met, no justification for strike’ – Nigerian Govt

The Federal Government says it has met every demand of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, urging the union to suspend its strike.

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, said this on Monday, while responding to questions in an interview on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television.

Alausa stated that the government has engaged ASUU repeatedly since he took office and that there is no justification for the industrial action.

“We have addressed every single request by ASUU; there is no need for this strike, and we are pleading with them to go back to school,” he said.

DAILY POST recalls that ASUU on Sunday, declared a two-week total and comprehensive warning strike across all public universities in Nigeria over the FG’s failure to meet its demands

National President of the Union, Prof Chris Piwuna, at an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Sunday at the University of Abuja.

“Compatriots of the press, it goes without saying that there is nothing sufficient on the ground to stop the implementation of the ASUU-NEC’s resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike at the expiry of the 14-day notice given on the 28th September 2025.

“Consequently, all branches of ASUU are hereby directed to withdraw their services with effect from midnight on Monday, the 13th October, 2025.

“The warning strike shall be total and comprehensive as agreed at the last NEC meeting,” Piwuna said.

But the minister claims that the government has been slow or unwilling to respond to the union’s demands were incorrect.