The Academic Staff Union of Universities' National Executive Council, or NEC, has decided to go on a one-month warning strike to put pressure on the government to meet its demands. According to the Vanguard, the strike is being held to allow the federal government to perform its job, and the union has threatened to go on strike indefinitely if its demands are not met.

They said, "We just want to give the government a long rope, hoping that it will see the need to avoid a total paralysis of academic activities in the nation’s universities."

We are parents too, and have our children in the system, but we cannot watch and allow the total collapse of education in this country.

Our agitation is in the interest of all, and if the system is made better, we will all enjoy it. Prominent personalities in the country have waded into the matter, but the government seems recalcitrant. Our National President will explain more when he briefs the press later today. "

Among the demands made by the union are the payment of earned academic allowances, a revitalization fund, and the replacement of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, with the University Transparency and Accountability System, UTAS.