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WE’RE READY TO BATTLE WITH YOU, ASUU TELLS FCT MINISTER

November 4, 2026 • Dons Eze • 2 min read

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, says it’s ready to battle Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike.

At issue is alleged unlawful allocation of portions of land belonging to the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) to private companies and individuals.

The will have to reverse the said allocations if he wants peace to reign on campus the union.

“ASUU UniAbuja will no longer guarantee industrial harmony if the FCT Minister fails to reverse the unlawful taking away of University of Abuja land and allocating it to his friends and cronies”, the branch chairman of ASUU, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, stated while speaking to journalists today.

The union also called on President Bola Tinubu to prevent an escalating by promptly intervening, while accusing Wike of acting in defiance of the rule of law.

IT said the FCT minister defied an August 18, 2026 interlocutory injunction of the Maitama High Court on the disputed property, adding that it would no longer guarantee industrial harmony if the minister continued in his ways

Providing a background to the dispute, the union stated:

“At inception, 11,824 hectares with its coordinates was allocated to the University. The University Authority would not have on its own located itself to where the University is currently sitting on,”

“Let it be clearly understood that the University of Abuja is a Federal Government institution held in trust for the Nigerian people and it is not a property of the FCT,” ASUU declared.

Describing land as strategic resource required for the institution’s long-term development, ASUU UNIABUJA added the expansive landholding was intended to accommodate future academic buildings, research institutes, innovation hubs and other critical infrastructure.

“The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Abuja Branch, therefore demands that the Honourable Minister of the FCTb put a stop to the unlawful allocation of the University of Abuja land and reverse every allocation made on University of Abuja land,” it said.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.