Aliko Dangote University ASUU threatens strike over alleged mismanagement
Kola Oyelere Kano
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over alleged administrative misconduct and poor management practices by the university’s leadership.
In a statement issued after its Congress meeting on Thursday, the union expressed deep concern about what it described as “insubordination, lack of transparency, and accountability” on the part of the institution’s management.
According to the statement jointly signed by the branch Chairman, Dr. Aliyu Yusuf Ahmad, and Secretary, Dr. Abubakar Ibrahim Tukur, the union accused the university administration of failing to release the audited accounts for 2023 and 2024, as well as the budget performance reports for 20 quarters spanning from January 2020 to December 2024.
ASUU said the failure to make these documents public violates the provisions of Statute I of the KUST (Amendment Law) 2017, which mandates transparency in the university’s financial operations.
The union further alleged that the management has not provided explanations for “bogus and unexplained expenditures” contained in the budget performance reports for the first and second quarters of 2025.
Additionally, ASUU decried the administration’s failure to recruit sufficient academic staff, particularly in newly established departments, and to regularize the appointments of lecturers currently serving on contract instead of permanent terms.
The statement also faulted the university for its inability to restore regular electricity supply across all sections of the campus and for neglecting to settle outstanding staff entitlements.
“The union calls on stakeholders and well-meaning citizens of the state to prevail on the Vice Chancellor to ensure a quick resolution of these issues and to run the university in strict compliance with the enabling laws,” ASUU said.
The lecturers warned that unless the administration addresses these grievances promptly, they would have no option but to resume industrial action to press home their demands.