ASUU warns 2025 agreement delays may trigger Nigeria university crisis

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that Nigeria’s public universities face a possible industrial crisis due to what it describes as the government’s failure to fully implement a major agreement signed earlier this year. The union issued the warning during press conferences held by its zonal branches in Sokoto, Abuja, and Yola this week.

Union officials stated that delays in implementing the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement, publicly signed in January, are creating tension across campuses and threatening industrial harmony. They accused both federal and state governments of neglecting critical welfare and funding issues affecting lecturers.

A central complaint is the government’s failure to inaugurate an Implementation Monitoring Committee, a body mandated to ensure uniform execution of the agreement. According to the union, this has led to bureaucratic bottlenecks, inconsistencies, and selective implementation by university administrators. The Zonal Coordinator for Sokoto, Abubakar Sabo, said the continued delay is capable of provoking avoidable industrial unrest in the university system.

Specific unresolved issues cited include the non-implementation of a...