The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto State University (SSU) branch, has given the Sokoto State Government two weeks to settle outstanding entitlements owed its members or face industrial action.
The union issued the ultimatum after its congress met on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, to review its earlier resolution of August 24 and assess the state government’s commitment to resolving issues surrounding the non-payment of members’ entitlements.
According to a press release signed by the ASUU-SSU Chairman, Bello Musa, PhD, and Secretary, Comrade Zulkallaini Shehu, the government, through the Ministry for Higher Education, met with the union on September 7.
The union said the meeting resulted in an agreement that its demands would be addressed within two weeks, while the ministry promised to communicate the demands to the Visitor and Executive Governor of Sokoto State.
However, ASUU expressed reservations about the fresh promise, citing what it described as previous failures by the government to honour agreements reached with the union.
The union recalled that some of its demands were captured in an agreement reached with the government on March 4, 2024, while issues relating to the ASUU/FGN Agreement 2025 and other outstanding matters were again discussed in an agreement reached through the Ministry for Higher Education on April 28, 2026.
It said the government had partially implemented the salary component of the agreement after the expiration of the agreed period.
