The Nigerian Government has begun the process of deregistering the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

Congress of Nigerian University Academics, CONUA, a breakaway faction of ASUU, has been officially registered as a trade union.

The move by the government is part of processes to deregister ASUU, with a view to checkmating its incessant strikes that have grounded public universities in the last 7 months.

The Federal Government in September threatened to withdraw registration of ASUU as a trade union over its alleged failure to submit its audited reports as required by law in the past five year.

The Registrar of Trade Unions reportedly wrote a query to the union on why its certificate of registration should not be withdrawn for running afoul of the law.