{"id":2648,"date":"2025-10-13T12:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fortistv.com\/ltv\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:27:59","slug":"fg-says-no-justification-for-asuu-strike-claims-all-demands-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fortistv.com\/ltv\/2025\/10\/13\/fg-says-no-justification-for-asuu-strike-claims-all-demands-met\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Says No Justification for ASUU Strike, Claims All Demands Met"},"content":{"rendered":"The Federal Government has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing two-week warning strike, insisting that it has met \u201cevery single request\u201d made by the union.

Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on Monday, the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said there is \u201cno justification whatsoever\u201d for the industrial action, as the Tinubu-led administration has addressed all pending issues raised by ASUU.

\u201cWe have addressed every single request by ASUU. There is no need for this strike, and we are pleading with them to go back to school,\u201d Alausa stated.

ASUU had on Sunday declared a two-week total and comprehensive warning strike across all public universities in Nigeria, citing the Federal Government\u2019s failure to fulfill previous agreements. The union\u2019s National President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, announced the decision at a press briefing in Abuja, directing all ASUU branches to withdraw their services from midnight on Monday, October 13, 2025.

\u201cThere is nothing sufficient on the ground to stop the implementation of the ASUU-NEC\u2019s resolution to embark on a two-week warning strike,\u201d Piwuna said.

However, Alausa dismissed claims that the government has been slow or unresponsive, emphasizing that \u201cliterally all ASUU\u2019s demands have been met.\u201d

According to him, the Federal Government has paid \u20a650 billion in earned academic allowances and allocated \u20a6683 billion in the 2025 budget to rehabilitate hostels, lecture theatres, laboratories, and workshops across federal tertiary institutions.

The minister also revealed that funds have been mobilized for medical schools, academic staff training, and student support programs through NERF and other initiatives.

Alausa further accused ASUU leadership of delaying the disbursement of the needs-assessment fund by insisting that the entire first tranche be paid exclusively to universities, excluding polytechnics and colleges of education.

\u201cIt is ASUU that is holding those disbursements,\u201d he said.

On other outstanding matters like promotion arrears and third-party deductions, the minister said most issues have been resolved, while some fall under the jurisdiction of individual universities.

He maintained that the three and a half months\u2019 withheld salaries from the last prolonged strike would not be paid in full, as previous agreements only covered partial payments.

Alausa appealed to students, parents, and the union to prioritize academic stability.

\u201cLet me reassure our students and parents that the Federal Government will do everything humanly possible to keep our children in school. There\u2019s no need for this strike,\u201d he concluded.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing two-week warning strike, insisting that it has met \u201cevery single request\u201d made by the union. Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on Monday, the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said there is \u201cno justification whatsoever\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[2127,2130,2123,2125,2128,485,2131,2126,2129,2124],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asuu-demands","tag-asuu-news-today","tag-asuu-strike","tag-bola-tinubu","tag-earned-academic-allowances","tag-federal-government","tag-nigeria-education-news","tag-nigeria-universities","tag-tertiary-education","tag-tunji-alausa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t