Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has firmly rejected a proposal to involve the union as a 'guarantor' of loans under the newly introduced Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund scheme by President Bola Tinubu's administration.

This decision was announced in a resolution signed by ASUU President Christopher Piwuna after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which took place at Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, on August 16-17, 2025.

Piwuna stated, "NEC deliberated extensively on the proposed Tertiary Institutions Support Fund. Consequently, NEC resolved to reject the ploy to conscript ASUU as 'guarantor' of loans the union knows nothing about and demands that ASUU be delisted from the process."...