The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address its seven-point demands or face a nationwide strike.

The decision was taken at the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Sunday at the University of Abuja.

ASUU National President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, who announced the resolution in Abuja yesterday, said the union could no longer tolerate what it described as government’s neglect of the university system.

“At the NEC meeting held on September 28, 2025, the union decried the neglect of the university system and the government’s consistent refusal to meet its demands,” Piwuna said. “Accordingly, ASUU has given the Federal Government fourteen (14) days within which to address these issues. If at the end of the ultimatum the government fails to act, the union may have no option but to first embark on a two-week warning strike, and thereafter, a total and indefinite strike.”

The Federal Ministry of Education recently constituted a committee chaired by its Permanent Secretary, Abel Enitan, to review ASUU’s proposals in a bid to restore stability in the university system. However, the committee has yet to release its recommendations.

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, in an earlier interview with The Nation, urged the union to exercise patience, insisting that there was no need for strike action while talks were ongoing.