The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has summoned leaders from all major unions in the country’s public tertiary education sector to an urgent meeting, aiming to forge a unified front against the Federal Government’s failure to honor agreements, just days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a two-week warning strike.
In a statement released Tuesday, NLC President Joe Ajaero announced the emergency gathering for Monday, October 20, 2025, at the NLC Headquarters in Abuja. The session will include representatives from universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and research institutes, such as the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).
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“The struggle for the survival of public education is a fight for the soul of our nation, and we can no longer afford to have our unions stand alone,” the NLC stated in its invitation. “It is imperative that your union is represented at this meeting to contribute to a decisive course of action to compel the government to understand that resorting to threats such as ‘No Work, No Pay’ cannot resolve the issues.”
The move underscores escalating tensions in Nigeria’s higher education landscape, plagued by recurrent disruptions from funding shortages, wage disputes, and infrastructure decay. ASUU’s action, announced Sunday by National President Professor Chris Piwuna at the University of Abuja, follows a expired 14-day ultimatum issued September 28. Key demands include implementing the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement, settling three-and-a-half months of withheld salaries, sustainable university funding, protection from victimization, and clearing promotion arrears and cooperative deductions.
Recent negotiations collapsed despite concessions from Education Minister Tunji Alausa, who last Wednesday claimed talks were in a “final phase.” The government offered N50 billion for earned academic allowances and budgeted N150 billion in 2025 for needs assessments, payable in three installments—offers ASUU deemed inadequate.
Emphasizing solidarity, the NLC invoked the counter-principle of “No Pay, No Work,” urging full attendance to strategize broader industrial actions and protect staff welfare. Analysts warn that without swift resolution, the impasse could cascade into wider shutdowns, further eroding public tertiary education quality amid fiscal pressures on the government.