{"id":20539,"date":"2025-10-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=20539"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:03:35","slug":"asuu-has-no-justification-for-strike-every-demand-met-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/13\/asuu-has-no-justification-for-strike-every-demand-met-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUU Has No Justification For Strike, Every Demand Met \u2013 FG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s <em>The Morning Brief<\/em>, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa stated that the government has \u201cmet every single request\u201d presented by ASUU and expressed disappointment over the union\u2019s decision to withdraw services across public universities beginning midnight, October 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere is no justification for this strike,\u201d Alausa said. \u201cWe\u2019ve literally addressed every single issue that ASUU is requesting. From earned academic allowances to infrastructure funding, the government has responded in full.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">ASUU National President Prof. Chris Piwuna announced the strike during a press briefing at the University of Abuja on Sunday, citing unresolved issues and the expiration of a 14-day notice issued on September 28. He described the action as \u201ctotal and comprehensive,\u201d with all ASUU branches directed to halt academic activities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In response, Alausa outlined key interventions by the Tinubu administration, including a 683 Billion Naira allocation in the 2025 federal budget for tertiary institution infrastructure, covering hostels, lecture halls, laboratories, and workshops. He also cited disbursements for medical schools, academic staff training, and student support through the National Education Revitalization Fund (NERF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The minister accused ASUU leadership of delaying the release of needs-assessment funds by insisting that the first tranche be paid exclusively to the union, rather than shared with polytechnics and colleges of education. \u201cIt is ASUU that is holding those disbursements,\u201d he said, urging the union to allow funds to reach institutions directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On promotion arrears, third-party deductions, and other outstanding items, Alausa stated that most issues have been resolved or delegated to individual universities. He reiterated that the government will not fully pay the three-and-a-half months withheld during ASUU\u2019s previous prolonged strike, citing prior agreements that covered partial payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Alausa appealed directly to students and parents, assuring them that the government is committed to keeping universities open. \u201cUnder President Bola Tinubu\u2019s leadership, we are doing everything humanly possible to keep our children in school,\u201d he said. \u201cThis strike should not have gone on at all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Despite the government\u2019s position, ASUU maintains that its grievances remain unresolved, and has rejected the counter-proposal offered during recent negotiations. The union\u2019s action has reignited national debate over the sustainability of Nigeria\u2019s higher education funding and the role of industrial action in academic advocacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa stated that the government has \u201cmet every single request\u201d presented by ASUU and expressed disappointment over the union\u2019s decision to withdraw services across public universities beginning midnight, October 13. \u201cThere is no justification for this strike,\u201d Alausa said. \u201cWe\u2019ve literally addressed every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-naija-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Minister-of-EducationTuniji-Alausa.jpeg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20541,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions\/20541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}