The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the Federal Government’s appeal asking the union to suspend its proposed warning strike came a little too late.

The union blamed the government for its slow response to their demands, lamenting that the government waited until two working days before the strike to make the appeal.

ASUU President Chris Piwuna said on a television programme today, October 9,2025, that ASUU’s problem with the present government and Ministry of Education is their slow response to the academic body’s demands.

According to him, the Federal Government, yesterday, appealed to ASUU not to embark on strike action, while their 2009 agreement, which is still being renegotiated after eight years, remains undone.

While he maintained that the FG’s appeal to shelve the strike came a little too late, the ASUU president insisted that the union would embark on its strike action at the expiration of its ultimatum on Sunday, unless an urgent action is taken by the government.