The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano, has accused the institution’s management of mismanaging resources and failing to uphold transparency in financial administration.
Gatekeepers News reports that in a statement jointly signed by the branch Chairman, Dr. Allyu Yusuf Ahmad, and Secretary, Dr. Abubakar Ibrahim Tukur, at the end of its congress meeting, the union demanded the audited reports and budget performance reports of the university from January 2020 to December 2024.
ASUU described the continued delay in releasing the financial reports as a flagrant violation of the Statute of KUST (Amendment) 2017, adding that the administration’s leadership style was marked by insubordination, opacity, and lack of accountability.
The union further demanded clarification on what it called “bogus and unexplained expenditures” reflected in the First and Second Quarter 2025 Budget Performance Reports.
“To that effect, the union calls on stakeholders and good citizens of the state to prevail on the Vice-Chancellor to ensure quick resolution of the issues stated and to run the University in strict compliance with enabling laws and with a sense of patriotism to avoid industrial disharmony,”
— ASUU statement.
ASUU also urged the university to prioritise the recruitment of additional academic staff, particularly in newly established departments, and to regularise appointments of members allegedly kept on contract status instead of permanent positions.
The union called for improved working and living conditions for both staff and students to enhance teaching, research, and learning outcomes.
ASUU Suspends Two-Week Warning Strike
Meanwhile, the national leadership of ASUU has suspended its two-week warning strike, following what it described as positive progress in talks with the Federal Government.
ASUU President, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, announced the suspension during a press conference in Abuja last week, confirming that negotiations with the government’s team had begun in earnest.
He explained that the decision followed an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held from October 21 to 22, 2025.
“The emergency NEC meeting resolved that the warning strike is hereby suspended with effect from midnight, Wednesday, the 22nd of October 2025,”
— Piwuna said.
He, however, warned that the union reserved the right to resume strike action if the government failed to address the outstanding issues within one month.
“ASUU appeals to patriotic Nigerians and stakeholders in education to prevail on government to speedily conclude the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement and other outstanding issues,”
— he added.
