Varsity lecturers begin strike Monday

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Barring any last-minute change in plan, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will begin a two-week warning strike on Monday.

This follows the expiration of the two-week ultimatum they gave the Federal Government to meet their lingering demands.

Despite the ultimatum ending on Sunday night, the Federal Government had yet to issue any public comment on the imminent industrial action.

ASUU had directed its branches to prepare for a warning strike.

The latest standoff between the university lecturers and the Federal Government comes despite ongoing negotiations aimed at averting another round of industrial action in the nation’s tertiary institutions.

On Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed in Abuja that the government had entered the final phase of talks with ASUU and other unions to resolve lingering disputes over welfare, funding, and the implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement.

Alausa noted that the Tinubu administration had already made significant progress with the release of N50bn for the payment of Earned Academic Allowances, while another N150bn had been captured in the 2025 budget for needs assessment, to be disbursed in three tranches. Punch