Nigeria’s public college system is ready for an additional disruption. The Joint Motion Committee of the Non-Tutorial Employees Union of Academic and Related Establishments (NASU) and the Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has confirmed a nationwide strike.
The choice was conveyed in a letter dated April 30, 2026. It was addressed to the Minister of Training, Tunji Alausa.
Midnight Deadline Triggers Industrial Motion
The unions introduced that the strike will start at precisely midnight on Might 1, 2026. This follows the Federal Authorities’s failure to satisfy an earlier deadline. Beforehand, union members had directed their leaders to behave if talks stalled. That deadline expired and not using a last settlement.
“In view of this, with the settlement not concluded as at thirtieth April 2026, and with no new supply, the strike motion shall start by 12am on Might 1, 2026,” the letter learn.
Allowance Withdrawal Fails to Deal with Considerations
Though the federal government withdrew a controversial allowance round, tensions remained excessive. The round had proposed a 30 % enhance within the Consolidated Non-Educating Instruments Allowance.
Nevertheless, union leaders argued that the withdrawal didn’t clear up the true points.
“We write to acknowledge receipt of your correspondence and to equally recognize the Honourable Minister of Training for withdrawing the contentious letter,” the union leaders stated.
“Regardless of this, the withdrawal didn’t resolve the core points in dispute.”
As well as, they expressed dissatisfaction with the tempo of ongoing negotiations. They insisted that discussions had been too gradual to yield outcomes.
“The consensus end result of the session is that our demand vis-à-vis the gradual tempo of the renegotiation course of has not been met,” they stated.
Absence of New Supply Worsens Impasse
Extra importantly, the unions pointed to the dearth of a recent proposal. They careworn that no various supply changed the withdrawn allowance.
“Whereas the letter on the withdrawal of the Consolidated Non-Educating Instruments Allowance is acknowledged, no new supply has been made to supersede the 30 per cent allowances contained within the withdrawn letter,” they acknowledged.
In consequence, negotiations remained stalled. This additional deepened the disagreement between each events.
Universities Face One other Disruption
Consequently, the Joint Motion Committee declared the strike unavoidable. They accused the federal government of failing to stop the breakdown in talks.
“We hereby inform the Federal Authorities… that because of the failure of Authorities to avert the strike by positively acceding to our calls for, all members… will start whole and complete strike motion by Friday, Might 1, 2026,” stated NASU Common Secretary Peters Adeyemi and SSANU President Mohammed Ibrahim.
In the meantime, administrative and assist providers throughout federal universities are anticipated to close down. This improvement may as soon as once more disrupt tutorial actions nationwide.
In the end, the scenario underscores persistent labour tensions in Nigeria’s training sector. Except pressing steps are taken, the disaster might drag on.