ASUU THREATENS INDEFINITE STRIKE AS OVER 200 KASU LECTURERS QUIT
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By; Sunmola Ganiyat
More than 200 professors and other academic staff have reportedly left Kaduna State University over poor working conditions and the failure to implement the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, KASU chapter, has said.
The union has consequently issued a two-week ultimatum to the university management and other relevant authorities to begin full implementation of the agreement, warning that failure to act could trigger a total and indefinite strike.
The ASUU-KASU Chairman, Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this on Monday during a press conference at the union’s secretariat in Kaduna.
Abdullahi said the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement, which provides improved conditions of service for academic staff in Nigerian universities, took effect in January 2026 but had yet to be implemented at KASU.
According to him, the union had written several letters to the university management, Governing Council, Visitor to the university and the Kaduna State Governor, urging them to domesticate and implement the agreement in line with the law establishing the institution.
He said the union had also engaged various stakeholders within and outside the state in an effort to resolve the matter and preserve industrial harmony at the university.
Abdullahi, however, noted that eight months after the agreement was signed, KASU had yet to commence implementation, while several federal and state universities had either implemented the agreement or announced timelines for doing so, including the payment of accumulated arrears.
He said the delay had left KASU academic staff among the lowest-paid university workers in the country, despite the institution’s previous reputation for prioritising staff welfare.
The ASUU-KASU chairman warned that continued failure to implement the agreement would result in the accumulation of salary arrears dating back to January 2026.
He also attributed the departure of experienced academic staff, including professors and lecturers, to the poor conditions of service, warning that replacing such personnel could take several years.
Abdullahi said the union’s Congress, at a meeting on August 12, 2026, resolved to declare an industrial dispute and embark on a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike, in line with a resolution reached by ASUU’s National Executive Council at its meeting held at the University of Abuja on August 8 and 9.
He explained that the two-week ultimatum was issued in accordance with established procedures for industrial disputes and was intended to give the authorities an opportunity to address the union’s demands.
ASUU-KASU also listed outstanding issues affecting its members, including university autonomy, excessive workload, promotion arrears, death benefits, group life insurance, 25 and 35 per cent wage awards, and pension remittances.
The union urged the university management and other authorities to urgently address the issues and provide satisfactory responses to prevent industrial action.
It also appealed to parents, stakeholders and other concerned Nigerians to intervene in the dispute and help avert a looming strike at the institution.
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