The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a total and comprehensive two-week warning strike across all public universities in Nigeria.

The decision was announced on Sunday by the National President of the union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, during a press briefing held at the University of Abuja.

“Compatriots of the press, it goes without saying that there is nothing sufficient on ground to stop the implementation of the ASUU-NEC’s resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike at the expiry of the 14-day notice given on September 28, 2025,” Piwuna said.

He added that all branches of ASUU have been directed to withdraw their services with effect from midnight on Monday, October 13, 2025.

“The warning strike shall be total and comprehensive as agreed at the last NEC meeting,” he emphasized.

The latest face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government comes despite ongoing negotiations aimed at averting another round of industrial action in the nation’s tertiary institutions.

Last Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said in Abuja that the government had entered the final phase of talks with ASUU and other university unions to resolve lingering disputes over welfare, funding, and the implementation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement.

Alausa noted that the Tinubu administration had already made progress by releasing ₦50 billion for the payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), while another ₦150 billion had been captured in the 2025 budget for needs assessment, to be disbursed in three tranches.