Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that negotiations have been opened with the Federal Government on the outstanding 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement and other pending demands after over nine days of warning strike.
In a Sunday Strike Bulletin released and signed by ASUU President, Comrade Christopher Piwuna, the union revealed that the government’s Renegotiation Team, led by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, has resumed talks with ASUU with written responses and some proposals in an effort to solve pertinent contentious issues.
The NSCC of the union met last Saturday, 18th October 2025, to consider developments in the progress of the current industrial action and review developments since the commencement of the strike.
“The government, acting through its representatives, has come back to the negotiation table. Certain privileged Nigerians have also been engaged in searching for permanent solutions to the stalemate,” the bulletin added.
ASUU observed that members across the country have remained faithful to the resolution of its National Executive Council (NEC), which on September 28, 2025, voted the warning strike.
The union says that while some progress has been made in certain areas, such as release of third-party deductions, arrears of promotion, mainstreaming of the Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), UNIABUJA land seizure, and victimization of members in Kogi State University, Lagos State University, and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
But the union admitted that not all had been settled. It renewed its commitment to collective bargaining and further negotiations with the Federal Government delegation.
“We value the courage and resilience of our members in branches across the country, but we must remain united and steadfast in the days ahead,” the statement continued.
ASUU also called on members to direct all messages through chairpersons at local branches so as not to create misinformation.
The ongoing warning strike that is in its ninth day is centered on eight outstanding matters, specifically finalization of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement, payment of salary arrears, revitalisation fund, and university funding in a sustainable way, and lecturer victimisation in LASU, KSU, and FUTO.
Some of the other significant issues include payment of 25–35 per cent salary arrears, payment of more than four years of promotion arrears, and release of held back third-party deductions like union contributions and cooperative contributions.
