The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has directed workers in
Federal Unity Colleges across the country not to resume duties on Sunday,
September 13, and Monday, September 14, 2026, over the planned concession of
King’s College, Lagos, and other Federal Unity Colleges.

The association, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, announced
the directive in a communiqué issued after an emergency virtual meeting of its
zonal coordinators. The meeting was convened in response to the alleged unilateral
decision of the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, to concede, cede, hand
over, or transfer King’s College, Lagos, to the school’s Old Boys Association
without involving other stakeholders.

It demanded that the Minister of Education immediately halt the plan, warning that the colleges should remain closed until the proposed concession arrangement was halted.

“The Union therefore resolved that pending the period during which the Minister of Education will stop this idea of concession/sale/handing over of King’s College, Lagos and all the Federal Unity Colleges in the country, the colleges should be shut down,” the communiqué stated.

The association further directed parents and guardians of students at King’s College and other Federal Unity Colleges to keep their children and wards at home, saying the schools would not resume as previously planned. 

THE NATION.