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From Bimbola Oyesola
The education sector became another theatre of labour struggle in 2025. Prolonged disputes between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) drew organised labour deeper into advocacy for systemic reform. In October, the NLC issued a four-week ultimatum, threatening a nationwide strike if unresolved agreements and unpaid allowances persisted.
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Ajaero sharply criticised the application of the “no work, no pay” policy to striking lecturers, placing responsibility squarely on government’s failure to honour agreements and adequately fund education.
Labour described the crisis as a symptom of decades of neglect rather than union intransigence, warning that underfunded universities endangered Nigeria’s future workforce.
