The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to increase funding for public universities, warning that sustainable investment in education remained the only path to ending strikes and raising the global ranking of Nigerian universities.
The union delivered this message when its representatives appeared before the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund at the National Assembly on Friday.
Professor Chris Piwuna, the ASUU President, spoke for the union and explained that their current two-week warning strike stems from unresolved, longstanding issues that dated as far back as 2011.
Piwuna stated that the union’s extended engagement with the government was fruitless, saying, “We engaged the Federal Government for eight years without tangible results.”
He also highlighted that a significant report on the matter was neglected: “The Yayale Ahmed Committee report, submitted in December 2024, was ignored until this industrial action began,” Professor Piwuna said.
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