The federal authorities Tuesday stated industrial actions by the Educational Workers Union of Universities (ASUU) are completely over.
Talking in the course of the presentation of awards to winners of the Pupil Enterprise Capital Grant (SVCG) initiative on the United Nations Growth Programme Innovation Hub, Ikoyi, Lagos, Minister of Schooling, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, assured Nigerians, particularly dad and mom and college students, that universities and polytechnics will stay open for all educational classes.
He stated the federal government had resolved lengthy standing disputes with ASUU below the FG/ASUU 2025 renegotiated Contract and was additionally finalising an Contract with the Non-Educational Workers Union (NASU).
Recall that on January 14, the federal authorities and ASUU signed an Contract that features a 40 per cent wage improve for tutorial employees, improved pensions, and a dedication to higher college funding.
The minister stated latest studies that the ASUU president, Prof Chris Piwuna, gave a four-day ultimatum to the FG are “pretend information,” and that he confirmed with the ASUU president that the latter was “quoted out of context.”
He stated the 40 per cent wage improve had begun reaching educational employees by the top of January 2026, saying calls to vice chancellors, together with the College of Lagos, confirmed that there have been no strikes.
Alausa added that studies of strikes in UNILAG have been resulting from miscommunication at native union ranges and that the nationwide ASUU president had clarified the matter.
The minister stated the president, Bola Tinubu, had been personally concerned in resolving and averting industrial disputes regarding tertiary establishments’ employees.
He acknowledged that the negotiations with ASUU have been direct and unmediated, with the federal government reporting solely to the president.
He stated:.“We’ve solved this in totality. So while you get information about looming strikes, deal with it as pretend. Let me use this medium to guarantee our dad and mom. Our phrases are our bond. Your college students will stay in class. Strikes have been cured in eternity.
“Our tertiary establishments will proceed to stay open for all educational classes. Please don’t fear about strikes. We’ve additionally resolved points with the non-academic employees union, and that Contract might be signed within the coming weeks.
“The tutorial employees members are joyful. That is an Contract that went right into a quagmire for 20 years, and we’ve got fastened it in totality. That is one authorities that believes in our youth. Up to now three years, there has by no means been a strike, and I can inform you, there’ll by no means be a strike.”