Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Nigeria's largest academic union, ASUU, is gearing up for an industrial action next week should the Nigerian government fail to address its demands.

In a statement addressed to members of the union, ASUU president, Christopher Piwuna, said one week into the union's 14-day ultimatum, no meaningful progress has been made.

Last week, ASUU issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Nigerian government, after a three-week wait period elapsed without a move from the government to address their demands.

Mr Piwuna, a professor, said the resolutions, which emanated from the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on 29 September, had been communicated to the Minister of Labour, Muhammad Dingyadi; Minister of Education, Tunji Alau...