Again the universities in Nigeria may be closed down as the lectures under the Academic Staff Union of Universities have given the Federal government three weeks ultimatum to meet their demands.

The association’s National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, noted that the government at the centre had failed to meet the needs of ASSU hence they have no choice.

He said: “We are giving the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum, if after three weeks they don’t meet our demands, we will be going on strike.

According to reports, the Federal government had signed an agreement with the body on some demands and on two of the demand have been which include salary shortfall and setting up of Visitation Panels to the Federal Government-owned universities

Those not addressed are renegotiation of conditions of service, injection of revitalisation funds, payment of earned academic allowances, implementation of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).

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Last month the Leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-teaching Staff Unions of Universities had issued the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to reverse the sharing formula of N22.127 billion approved as payment of Earned Allowances for the universities staff.