More than 200 professors and other academic staff have left Kaduna State University over poor conditions of service and the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, KASU chapter, made this disclosure, according to The PUNCH.

The union has consequently issued a two-week ultimatum to the university management and other relevant stakeholders to begin the full implementation and domestication of the agreement, warning that failure to comply could trigger a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike.

The ASUU-KASU Chairman, Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this on Monday at a press conference held at the union’s secretariat at Kaduna State University, Kaduna, according to Daily Post.

Abdullahi said the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement, which provides for improved conditions of service for academic staff in Nigerian universities, came into effect in January 2026, but its implementation had yet to begin at KASU.

“The union has written several letters to the university management, Governing Council and the Visitor to the university, the Governor of Kaduna State and urged them to domesticate and implement the agreement in accordance with the law establishing the institution,” he said.

He said the union had also engaged stakeholders within and outside the state to intervene in the matter, in a bid to preserve peace, stability and industrial harmony at the university.

However, Abdullahi said eight months after the agreement was signed, KASU had yet to begin its implementation, while nearly all federal universities and several state-owned universities had either implemented the agreement or announced timelines for its implementation, including the payment of accrued arrears.

The ASUU-KASU chairman said the delay had left academic staff at the university among the lowest-paid university workers in the country, despite KASU’s previous reputation for prioritising staff welfare.

He warned that further delays in implementing the agreement would result in the accumulation of salary arrears dating back to January 2026.

The union also attributed the departure of experienced academic staff, including professors and other lecturers, to poor conditions of service, warning that the loss of such personnel could take years for the university to recover from.

Abdullahi said the union’s Congress, at a meeting held on August 12, 2026, resolved to “declare an industrial dispute and embark on a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike,” in line with the resolution of ASUU’s National Executive Council at its meeting held at the University of Abuja on August 8 and 9, 2026.