The University of Jos branch of the Academic Staff Union ofUniversities, ASUU, has accused the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, ofissuing “misleading statements” regarding the Federal Government’s fulfilmentof agreements with university workers. In a statement by the branch chairperson, Prof Jurbe JosephMolwus, the union warned that it may resume its suspended strike if the issuesremain unresolved within the next two weeks. ASUU recalled that it had on October 22, 2025, issued afour-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet its outstanding demandsor risk a total strike. The university teachers said that two weeks after theultimatum, “not much progress has been recorded,” as they are yet to receivetheir withheld salaries, wage award arrears, and other entitlements. “As we mobilise for our National Executive Council, NECmeeting scheduled for November 8–9, we expect that outstanding entitlementssuch as the 3.5 months withheld salaries, 25/35 per cent wage award arrears,promotion arrears, and unpaid salaries of some members would have been paid bynow. “But all we get are press releases from the HonourableMinister of Education. What we need are credit alerts, not misleadingstatements,” the statement read. The union also expressed concern that the N50 billionRevitalisation Fund, which the government claimed to have released weeks ago,has not reached any university. Reacting to the minister’s claim that the government haddisbursed N2.3 billion to clear salary and promotion arrears across federaluniversities, ASUU dismissed the statement as “false and embarrassing,” sayingthe amount could barely cover the needs of three universities. “The minister’s claim of clearing the backlog exists only inhis imagination. N2.3 billion is grossly inadequate and almost insulting. Theminister must state clearly what fraction of the outstanding entitlements thismoney is meant to cover and for whom,” the union said.
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