Academic activities have been disrupted at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi and Imo State University, Owerri, following indefinite strikes by their chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The development came as the ASUU National Executive Council authorised 20 university branches to commence processes towards industrial action over the alleged non-implementation of the 2025 agreement between the Federal Government and the union.

The decision was contained in the resolutions of the union’s NEC meeting held at the University of Abuja on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, 2026, and contained in a statement by the ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, on Monday.

According to the resolutions, the affected branches were directed to issue 14-day ultimatums and, where their demands were not met, proceed on strike.

The NEC said the decision followed concerns over what it described as the slow implementation of the 2025 federal government-ASUU agreement and the failure of several state-owned universities to implement the agreement.

He further directed the union’s branches to act after the expiration of the ultimatums, noting that branches in the Sokoto Zone had already issued two-week ultimatums.

Meanwhile, ASUU chapters at Nasarawa State University and Imo State University have already commenced indefinite strikes.

At Nasarawa State University, the chapter declared a total and indefinite strike over alleged unpaid entitlements estimated at more than N3bn.

The chapter chairman, Dr Zubairu Loko, said the outstanding payments included Earned Academic Allowance, consequential adjustments arising from the implementation of the national minimum wage and the Federal Government-approved salary increase for university lecturers.

Loko said the union had held several meetings with the university management, Governing Council and Nasarawa State Government to resolve the issues but without success.

“Enough is enough. We have withdrawn our services. There will be no teaching, no supervision, no research until our money is paid,” he said.

At Imo State University, the ASUU chapter also commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the Imo State Government to implement the 2025 agreement between the union and the Federal Government.

The union said it had waited for nearly eight months for the agreement to be implemented, noting that some other state universities had already commenced implementation.

The union noted that its grievances include the continued deduction of the university’s internally generated revenue into the Treasury Single Account, alleged erosion of university autonomy, non-payment of promotion arrears dating back to 2016 and outstanding salaries owed some members.

ASUU also directed branches in federal universities where salaries were underpaid, including universities of agriculture, to take action to press their demands.