{"id":197828,"date":"2026-03-27T20:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:10:23","slug":"asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries","title":{"rendered":"ASUU Issues Four-Day Ultimatum to FG on Salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government to begin paying lecturers under the newly approved salary structure without delay or risk a nationwide strike.<\/p>\n<p>The union issued a four-day deadline on Thursday. ASUU President Christopher Piwuna said that if no action is taken within that period, the union will take serious measures that could shut down public universities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Sa\u2019adu Zungur University in Bauchi State, Piwuna stated that the government must commence payment of the new salaries immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have issued a four-day ultimatum from today to the federal government to begin the payment of the newly approved salary structure. Failure to comply will attract a strong response from the union,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the union expects prompt action, warning that non-compliance will provoke a decisive response.<\/p>\n<p>This warning comes a few months after ASUU and the federal government reached a new agreement in January.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was intended to resolve long-standing issues and end the repeated strikes that have affected Nigeria\u2019s university system for years.<\/p>\n<p>A key element of the agreement is a new salary structure designed to improve lecturers\u2019 welfare and address problems linked to the 2009 agreement between ASUU and the government, which was never fully implemented.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government to begin paying lecturers under the newly approved salary structure without delay or risk a nationwide strike. The union issued a four-day deadline on Thursday. ASUU President Christopher Piwuna said that if no action is taken within that period, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASUU Issues Four-Day Ultimatum to FG on Salaries - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government to begin paying lecturers under the ne ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASUU Issues Four-Day Ultimatum to FG on Salaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government to begin paying lecturers under the ne ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-27T19:05:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-27T20:10:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774642191.27031.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ASUU Issues Four-Day Ultimatum to FG on Salaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-27T19:05:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-27T20:10:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774642191.27031.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/asuu-issues-four-day-ultimatum-to-fg-on-salaries\",\"name\":\"ASUU Issues Four-Day Ultimatum to FG on Salaries - 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