The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared readiness to embark on what it described as the “mother of all strikes” if the Federal Government fails to implement the long-standing 2009 agreement. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday in Calabar, the Chairman of the University of Calabar (Unical) chapter, Dr. Peter Ubi, said it was high time the government honoured the pact designed to improve the standard of university education in Nigeria. He explained that the strike action would commence once the national leadership of ASUU makes a final declaration after its August 28 meeting. According to Ubi, the union’s demands include the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, sustainable funding and revitalisation of Nigerian universities, payment of the outstanding 25–35 percent wage award, settlement of three months’ salary arrears, release of over four years’ promotion arrears, and remittance of withheld third-party deductions “The government made promises on these issues, and regrettably, we are here today to inform the Nigerian public that these undisputed issues have not been resolved for several years now. “ASUU has tried several ways and strategies of resolving the conflict in the education sector. “Unfortunately, government, in its characteristics, has paid deaf ears to our demands and has constantly pushed our union to embark on strike. “In this regard, ASUU has to embark on strike to press the Federal Government to do the needful,” he stated.