The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) branch, has declared a total and indefinite strike, effective Monday.
The decision was reached at a branch congress held on Sunday following the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-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 the relevant authorities without achieving satisfactory implementation of the agreement or resolution of the outstanding issues.
Loko said the branch secured approval from the National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUU before embarking on the industrial action, stressing that the decision was not taken lightly.
According to him, the strike followed considerable restraint and repeated efforts by the union to resolve the issues through dialogue.
“Agreements freely reached must be respected, honoured and implemented,” Loko said.
He called on the Federal Government, Nasarawa State Government, the Governing Council and management of NSUK, as well as other stakeholders, to urgently intervene and resolve the issues in contention.
The ASUU chairman said the union remained open to genuine dialogue, adding that the strike would be suspended once there was a demonstrable commitment and concrete action toward implementing the agreements and addressing the outstanding local issues.
Loko apologised for the inconvenience the industrial action may cause students, parents and other stakeholders, but maintained that responsibility for restoring industrial harmony rested on the urgent resolution of the issues that led to the strike.
He also urged union members to remain calm, disciplined and resolute while adhering strictly to ASUU directives, insisting that the continued failure to implement agreements had left the union with “no reasonable alternative” but to embark on the strike.
