ASUU announce indefinite shutdown of universities Friday over FG’s failure to meet demands

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced plans to shut down all public universities across Nigeria indefinitely starting Friday, November 21, citing the federal government’s failure to meet its long-standing demands.

The union disclosed this in a brief statement posted on its official X account on Tuesday, November 18.

ASUU warned that the shutdown would proceed unless the government addresses critical issues, including fair remuneration and improved working conditions for lecturers, aimed at curbing the continued exodus of academic talent from Nigerian universities.

“All universities will be closed nationwide till further notice on Friday,” the union stated.

ASUU also rejected the federal government’s 35% salary increase proposal, describing it as insufficient.

This action follows a previous two-week warning strike in October, which was suspended to allow for renegotiations of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement and other unresolved matters affecting the university system.