UMYU Workers Start Two-Week Warning Strike

Workers at Umaru Musa Yar'adua University (UMYU), Katsina, have begun a two-week warning strike from November 3, 2025. The strike involves four unions representing university staff.

The unions say the state government hasn't kept promises on staff welfare, university autonomy, and security of exams and records. Issues were raised in 2020 but remain unresolved despite patience and extra time given.

The unions involved are Academic Staff Union (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, National Association of Academic Technologists, and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions.

Union chairman Dr. Murtala Abdullahi says the government's lack of response shows a lack of seriousness in addressing staff concerns, leading to the strike.