Lagos/Abuja | August 27, 2025
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday staged coordinated protests across campuses nationwide to press home long-standing demands from the Federal Government, just two days before a scheduled meeting in Abuja on Thursday, August 28.
From Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to the Federal University of Lafia, University of Ilorin, University of Calabar, Abia State University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Federal University of Technology Akure, Plateau State University, University of Maiduguri, and Osun State University, lecturers marched with placards, chanting solidarity songs and warning of an imminent strike if their grievances were not addressed.
The lecturers’ demands remained consistent across the campuses: implementation of the renegotiated 2009 ASUU–FGN agreement, release of three-and-a-half months’ withheld salaries, payment of outstanding 25–35 per cent salary arrears, promotion arrears, revitalisation of public universities, rejection of the proposed tertiary institution staff loan scheme, and adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) in place of the government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
At Obafemi Awolowo University, ASUU Chairperson, Prof. Tony Odiwe, told reporters that lecturers had effectively remained on the same salary scale since 2009. He further accused the government of deliberately stalling on the report of the Yayale Ahmed renegotiation committee, which ASUU said was submitted in February 2025.
Government and union officials are expected to meet in Abuja on Thursday, August 28, to discuss the renegotiated agreement and related issues. ASUU leaders have warned that failure to achieve a satisfactory outcome could trigger a fresh nationwide strike.
