- AAUA ASUU has declared a total and indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement
- The union is also demanding payment of salary arrears dating back to January
- ASUU says members will not resume work until the government takes concrete action
The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced a total and indefinite strike over the failure of the Ondo State Government to implement the 2025 agreement between the Federal Government and the union.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the branch chairman, Prof. Boluwaji Oshodi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Akure.
The latest industrial action comes barely a week after the union suspended an earlier strike over unpaid salary arrears following the payment of some outstanding salaries.
Oshodi said the union had repeatedly engaged the state government through letters and requests for meetings but had yet to see concrete steps towards implementing the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement.
He stressed that lecturers would not return to work based solely on promises, insisting that the union now expected tangible action from the government.
“The union has just declared an indefinite, total and comprehensive strike over the non-implementation of the Federal Government of Nigeria/ASUU 2025 agreement.
“The resolution is that if that agreement is not implemented here, and the arrears from January are not paid, we are not going to resume. We are not ready to listen to anything like commitment again. What we want now is action,” he said.
The ASUU chairman expressed concern that Ondo State had not commenced implementation of the agreement despite similar moves by some other state governments.
He questioned why the situation should be different in Ondo, describing the state as an oil-producing state.
Oshodi said the union remained willing to engage the government in discussions but maintained that lecturers would only resume after implementation of the agreement and payment of outstanding arrears.
“The union is always open, but the truth of the matter is that the implementation must commence, and the arrears from January to date must be paid,” he said.
The 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement provides for improved salary structures, including a 40 per cent review for academic staff, as well as the payment of accumulated salary arrears.
The development comes shortly after the ASUU branch at Imo State University, Owerri, also announced an indefinite strike over alleged failure by the state government and university management to implement agreements relating to staff welfare and working conditions
