ASUU threatens showdown with Wike over UniAbuja land
- ✦The union also called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene urgently to prevent the dispute from escalating into an industrial crisis capable of disrupting academic activities at the university.
- ….Union demands reversal of allocations to private firms, individuals, seeks Tinubu’s intervention By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has threatened an industrial confrontation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the alleged unlawful allocation of portions of the university’s land to private companies and individuals.
- “ASUU UniAbuja will no longer guarantee industrial harmony if the FCT Minister fails to reverse the unlawful taking away of University of Abuja land and allocating it to his friends and cronies,” the union declared.
- The union also called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene urgently to prevent the dispute from escalating into an industrial crisis capable of disrupting academic activities at the university.
….Union demands reversal of allocations to private firms, individuals, seeks Tinubu’s intervention By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has threatened an industrial confrontation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,...
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….Union demands reversal of allocations to private firms, individuals, seeks Tinubu’s intervention By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has threatened an industrial confrontation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over the alleged unlawful allocation of portions of the university’s land to private companies and individuals.
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The primary parties identified in this coverage include Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, the branch chairman of ASUU, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, accused Wike of acting in defiance of the rule of law despite an interlocutory injunction reportedly issued by the Maitama High Court on August 18, 2026.
