Academic Staff Union of Universities. Photo: ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities Sokoto Zone has warned that Nigeria’s public universities may be heading for another industrial crisis following what it described as the Federal Government’s failure to fully implement agreements reached with the union.
The union issued the warning on Thursday during a press conference in Sokoto, where it accused both federal and state governments of neglecting critical welfare and funding issues affecting lecturers and public universities.
Addressing journalists, the Zonal Coordinator of the union, Abubakar Sabo, said the continued delay in implementing the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement was creating tension across campuses and threatening industrial harmony.
He said despite the public signing and presentation of the agreement in January 2026, government had yet to inaugurate the Implementation Monitoring Committee, a development he said had resulted in delays, inconsistencies and selective implementation of the agreement by university authorities.
