The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Akure Zone, announced plans to mobilize members for a nationwide rally on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, to press the Federal Government to address its lingering demands.
Zonal Coordinator Adeola Oyebisi Egbedokun revealed this during a press conference at the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti on Monday.
He described the rallies, set to occur simultaneously across Nigerian universities with academic activities halted, as ASUU’s initial response to the government’s inaction.
Egbedokun warned that the protests are a prelude to further action if demands remain unmet, with the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) giving the government until August 28 to respond before deciding on next steps.
“For over two years, we have kept faith with dialogue and refrained from strikes, but our patience has reached its limit.
If the government continues to play games with the future of our universities, then it must bear the consequences of the storm that will follow,” he warned.
The union listed its demands to include: Re-negotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement, Opposition to the TISSF loan scheme, which it described as financial coercion, halting the proliferation of universities, and improved retirement benefits for professors and staff.
Egbedokun also urged members of the public, including the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), traditional rulers, and the National Assembly, to prevail on the government to avert an avoidable confrontation.
He accused the government of hypocrisy and neglect, citing the abandonment of the Yayale Ahmed report, the “debt trap” of the TISSF loan scheme, unchecked establishment of new universities, and the alleged poor treatment of retired academics.
“This government has chosen to mock knowledge, insult scholars, and trample on the foundation of the nation’s future. Enough is enough,” he declared.
Egbedokun stressed that the burden of averting a crisis now rests solely on the government, saying:
“The ball is no longer in our court. It is squarely in theirs. Let them choose: justice or judgment, action or upheaval, peace or storm.”
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