NSUK Management Seeks Assembly’s Intervention in ASUU Strike
The Management of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, has appealed to the Nasarawa State House of Assembly to intervene in the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of the institution.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, made the appeal while defending the institution’s second-quarter 2026 budget before the State House of Assembly.
The ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, dominated discussions when the university management appeared before the House to defend its second-quarter 2026 appropriation.
Although the institution’s management received commendation for prioritising revenue generation, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, identified the ongoing industrial action as the immediate challenge confronting the university and appealed to the State Assembly to intervene.
To this end, the Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Abel Bala, appealed to the academic staff union to return to work and create an opportunity for negotiations, citing the sincerity demonstrated by the state government in addressing the issue.
However, during an interview with NBS News, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, was asked why the industrial action had continued unabated.
She attributed the disagreement largely to the issue of academic allowances.
“We have accumulated allowances of eight months, and the state government has agreed to pay for two months. We are optimistic that the Governor will pay,” she said.
Questions were also raised about the internally generated revenue of the institution, particularly at a time when academic staff were demanding payment of their accumulated allowances, while the State House of Assembly was commending the university for its accelerated revenue generation.
Responding to the issue, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman said the university was already carrying a substantial debt burden.
“When I came on board, I met accumulated debts of seven billion naira, and these debts keep accumulating despite efforts to reduce them,” she said.
Asked whether the academic staff were aware of the accumulated debts, the Vice-Chancellor responded:
“Yes. That is why they don’t want the university to pay, but the state government.”
Meanwhile, during the consideration of capital projects, the management of the Ministry of Works appeared before the House to defend its expenditure.
However, the ministry was unable to establish why some ongoing road construction projects across the state had been abandoned.
The ministry informed the House that it was not aware of the situation, explaining that it was not responsible for making payments for the affected projects.
However, the Chairman of the House Committee on Works, Suleiman Yakubu Azara, blamed the ministry for the abandonment of the projects across the state.
In another development, the House Committee on NASIEC and Multilateral Affairs, chaired by Ajegena Kudu, hosted the management of the State Bureau for Rural Development and the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC.
