The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) branch, has declared a total and indefinite strike, effective yesterday.
The decision was taken at a branch congress held on Sunday, following the non-implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement and other unresolved local issues affecting academic staff of the university.
Speaking at a press briefing after the meeting in Keffi, the branch chairperson, Dr Zubairu Abdulmumin Loko, said the union had exhausted several avenues of dialogue with relevant authorities without securing satisfactory implementation of the agreement or resolution of the outstanding issues.
He said the branch obtained approval from the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU before proceeding with the industrial action, adding that the decision was not taken lightly and followed considerable restraint and repeated efforts at dialogue.
‘Agreements freely reached must be respected, honoured and implemented,’ Loko said, calling on the Federal Government, the Nasarawa State Government, the Governing Council and management of NSUK, and other stakeholders to urgently resolve the issues in contention.
He said the union was open to genuine dialogue and that the strike would end once there was demonstrable commitment and concrete action toward implementing the agreements and resolving outstanding local issues.
ASUU NSUK regretted the inconvenience the strike would cause students, parents and other stakeholders, but said responsibility for restoring industrial harmony rested on the urgent resolution of the issues that necessitated the action.
Loko urged members to remain calm, disciplined and resolute, and to adhere strictly to union directives, saying the failure to implement agreements had left the union with no reasonable alternative.