Lecturers at Kaduna State University (KASU) are threatening to resume an indefinite strike over unresolved issues with the state government, accusing Governor Uba Sani of breaching earlier agreements. The warning came in a statement released Thursday by Peter Adamu, Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), KASU branch.
The union had previously embarked on an indefinite strike on February 18, 2025, to protest a backlog of unaddressed demands but suspended it after six days, following what appeared to be a positive engagement with the government. However, ASUU now says the state has reneged on its commitments.
Mr. Adamu alleged that the Kaduna State Government cancelled two scheduled meetings with the union, an action he said signaled a lack of seriousness about resolving the lecturers’ grievances. “The government has returned to default settings,” he stated, warning that the union may have no other option but to resume the suspended industrial action.
Among the unresolved issues are withheld salaries from May to September 2022, unpaid SIWES supervision allowances, earned academic allowances, promotion arrears, pension remittances, group life assurance and death benefits, wage awards, consequential adjustment salaries, and the broader demand for financial autonomy for the university.
According to Adamu, the agreements initially reached were flexible and designed to allow phased implementation, but the government’s lack of commitment has eroded the trust built during earlier negotiations. “The chairman appealed to the governor and the stakeholders to intervene and avert a needless industrial action that could further plunge the university into comatose,” the statement said.
He called for urgent and sincere intervention to resolve the lingering crisis, warning that continued delays could once again disrupt academic activities at the institution.
