The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a total and indefinite strike effective from 12:01 am on Monday.
The leadership of the union cited the alleged failure of the Federal Government to frontally address its demands as the cause of the action.
ASUU decided on an emergency National Executive Council meeting at the ASUU secretariat located at the University of Abuja on Monday.
“Given the foregoing, and following extensive deliberations on Government’s response to the resolution of 14th February 2022 so far, NEC concluded that the demands of the Union had not been satisfactorily addressed.
“Consequently, NEC resolved to transmute the roll-over strike to a comprehensive, total, and indefinite strike action beginning from 12.01 a.m. on Monday, 29th August 2022,” ASUU said in a statement signed by its President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday night in Abuja.
The union said it remained focused on the full implementation of the 23rd December 2020 Memorandum of Action for quick restoration of industrial harmony in Nigeria’s public universities.
It further said it remained open to reasonable engagements as it had always done.
