What Is ASUU's Business With Land Ownership?, Wike Dismisses UniAbuja Strike Threat
ASUU says 26 September allocations breached a court order and left the campus unable to guarantee industrial harmony unless Wike reverses them.
- ASUU-UniAbuja Chairperson Sylvanus Ugoh accused FCT Minister Nyesom Wike of violating a Maitama High Court order by allocating university land to private interests on September 26, challenging the minister's authority over the contested property.
- In June 2025, Wike reduced UniAbuja's land holdings from 11,000 to 4,000 hectares, claiming the institution lacked proper documentation for the larger area and had engaged in 'land grabbing.'
- UniAbuja Pro-Chancellor Olanrewaju Tejuoso disputed Wike's claims, asserting the school holds valid land documents and that the remaining 4,000 hectares consist primarily of rocky, undeveloped terrain.
- Speaking on Tuesday, Ugoh warned that ASUU-UniAbuja can no longer guarantee industrial harmony on campus unless Wike reverses the allocations and complies with the court's status quo order.
- The union appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the dispute while pledging to utilize all available legal avenues to resist any further attempts to seize the university's land.
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‘What’s your business with land’ - Wike blasts UniAbuja lecturers as strike looms
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has slammed the University of Abuja chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over its threat to shut down the institution over land. At a media parley on Thursday, Wike questioned what right the union has to challenge land allocation in Abuja. According to […] ‘What’s your business with land’ - Wike blasts UniAbuja lecturers as strike looms
What Is ASUU's Business With Land Ownership?, Wike Dismisses UniAbuja Strike Threat
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has also dismissed the strike threat issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Abuja chapter, over the administration’s reallocation of portions of the institution's land to private developers and government agencies.
Nigeria: ASUU Threatens Industrial Action Over Wike's Allocation of UniAbuja Land
Speaking during a press conference at the university on Tuesday, ASUU-UniAbuja Chairperson, Sylvanus Ugoh, a professor, said the union can no longer guarantee industrial harmony on the campus unless the FCT Minister reverses the allocations.
ASUU threatens industrial action over Wike’s allocation of UniAbuja land
Speaking during a press conference at the university on Tuesday, ASUU-UniAbuja Chairperson, Sylvanus Ugoh, a professor, said the union can no longer guarantee industrial harmony on the campus unless the FCT Minister reverses the allocations.
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LeadershipASUU threatens showdown with Wike over UniAbuja land
….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 […]
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