ASUU Threatens to Resume Nationwide Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that it will restart a nationwide strike that it had previously suspended. The union cites unpaid salaries and the government’s failure to implement a prior agreement as the main reasons for its threat. If the strike resumes, academic activities across Nigerian universities would be disrupted, affecting students, staff and the broader education sector. The union’s action follows a period of halted industrial action, during which the government had promised to address salary arrears and enforce the agreement. ASUU’s threat signals that the dispute remains unresolved and that the union is prepared to mobilize its members again to push for compliance with the agreed terms.