Kebbi: ASUU declares two-week warning strike over unresolved issues

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Federal University of Agriculture Zuru, FUAZ, has declared a two-week warning strike over the alleged failure of the college’s Governing Council to deal with excellent issues regarding the 2025 Federal Government–ASUU settlement.

The resolution was contained in a press release signed on Tuesday by Comrade Danbauchi Ishaq Sanchi, department chairperson of ASUU, following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum earlier issued by the union to the Governing Council.

According to the union, no optimistic response or concrete motion had been obtained from the Council in direction of resolving the issues raised.

Consequently, the union stated its emergency assembly on Tuesday resolved to start the warning strike from midnight on August 18.

During the strike, all tutorial actions on the college might be suspended, together with lectures, examinations, steady assessments, supervision of scholars’ tasks and theses, in addition to Senate and Faculty Board conferences.

The union stated the choice was not taken calmly however had turn into essential to attract the eye of the Governing Council to the unresolved issues affecting tutorial workers welfare and the sleek operating of educational programmes.

ASUU expressed remorse over the inconvenience the motion could trigger college students and different members of the college group.

It, nevertheless, stated it remained open to dialogue throughout the strike, stressing that significant engagement and concrete motion by the related authorities may resolve the dispute.