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- Union branches met on Monday
By Gabriel Dike
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet on Tuesday to deliberate on the Federal Government response to their demands.
Meanwhile, congresses of the various branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met on Monday, October 20th, 2025 for members to make input on government offers.
Daily Sun gathered that NEC members are expected to meet Tuesday in Abuja to deliberate on the resolutions reached at the various congresses on the recent Federal Government offers.
He revealed that government response to ASUU’s demands would be discuss at the crucial NEC meet and a position taken whether to suspend the strike or extend it to an indefinite strike.
A source told our Correspondent that branch chairmen were mandated to bring the outcome of the congress to the NEC meeting for discussion.
The national body of ASUU directed branch chairmen to convey an emergency to deliberate on the Federal Government response and take the next line of action.
“A national official of ASUU told Daily Sun that branch chairmen were mandated to summon an emergency congress Monday for members reactions to government response.
“The emergency congress is holding simultaneously in all ASUU branches. Remember it was the branch congresses that voted for strike. Now that the renegotiation committee has presented the government response, the branches are expected at the various congresses to accept or reject it.”
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In a related development, ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, in a circular dated October 19th, 2025, said the failure of government to satisfactorily attend to the union’s demands caused the activation of the ongoing warning strike.
He said: “The government, through its agents, has returned to the negotiation table. Some notable Nigerians have also been involved in finding lasting solutions to the impasse.’’
Piwuna said the National Strike Coordinating Committee (NSCC) met on Saturday, October 18th, 2025 at the National Secretariat to review developments around the ongoing action.
He said NSCC acknowledged that members nationwide were resolute in the implementation of the NEC’s resolution of September 28th, 2025 in respect of the warning strike.
“Government’s Renegotiation Team, led by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, has come to the negotiation table with documented response to our demands and made some offers to the union.
“Attention of relevant Senate Committees has been drawn to our demands, and they have met with our union’s leadership and some decisions have been reached.
‘’Progress is being recorded in certain areas such as the release of third-party deductions, arrears of promotions, mainstreaming of EAA, confiscation of UNIABUJA land, and victimization of our members in KSU, LASU and FUTO.
“Engagements are continuing on all elements of the draft renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement guided by the principles of Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). We commend the resilience and courage of our members in various branches, but we should remain united and steadfast in the few days ahead,” Piwuna stated.
