ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Akure Zone, Professor Adeola Egbedokun, made the call, expressing deep concern over the alleged failure of the President Bola Tinubu administration to attend to the various demands of the union since his assumption of office two years ago.
Speaking at a press conference at Federal University Oye Ekiti, Egbedokun said that the Federal Government’s failure to regard ASUU’s several calls and agitations had pushed the lecturers to the edge, and their patience had been stretched to its breaking point.
He stated that ASUU demands included implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement, sustainable funding of Nigerian universities, revitalisation of the university system, payment of outstanding 25–35 per cent salary arrears, stagnated promotions for over four years, unremitted third-party deductions, and victimisation of colleagues in some institutions.
The ASUU leader said, “We will fight back, and the consequences would be damning except the government takes a decisive step to attend to all our requests urgently.
“While we take note of the government’s planned meeting of August 28, 2025, let it be clear that the clock is ticking, and time is no longer on the government’s side. Our patience has been stretched to its breaking point. Trust has been shattered, and only decisive government action can mend it.
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The ASUU zonal chairman said that the report of the Alhaji Yayale Ahmed-led re-negotiation, painstakingly concluded and submitted since February 2025, had been treated with reckless indifference, describing such a development as a clear betrayal of trust and an insult to the principle of collective bargaining.
He appealed to ASUU members not to subscribe to a loan policy introduced by the Federal Government, saying it was an attempt to throw them into perpetual bondage.
Egbedokun disclosed that the ASUU members in the zone held peaceful rallies in their different campuses to test-run the next move if the government remained adamant.
Source: Punch
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