ASUU Declares Indefinite Strike At AAUA Over Salary Arrears, Agreement

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) branch, has declared an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement and unpaid salary arrears.

The branch chairman, Prof. Boluwaji Oshodi, disclosed this on Tuesday in Akure.

He said members would not resume work until the Ondo State Government begins implementing the agreement and pays the outstanding salaries from January.

The strike comes barely a week after the union suspended an earlier industrial action over unpaid salary backlogs following the payment of some outstanding salaries.

Oshodi said the union had given the state government sufficient time to act, including through several letters and requests for meetings, but had received no concrete response on the implementation of the agreement.

He said lecturers would no longer accept promises or commitments from the government without corresponding action.

“The union has just declared an indefinite, total, and comprehensive strike over the non-implementation of the Federal Government of Nigeria ( FGN)/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 told NAN.

The union chairman also questioned why Ondo State had yet to implement the agreement when several other state governments had begun doing so.

“Why will our own be different in Ondo State, an oil-producing state?” he queried.

Oshodi said the union remained open to dialogue with the state government but ruled out resumption without implementation of the agreement and payment of the 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 emphasised.

The FGN-ASUU 2025 agreement includes upgraded salary structures, a 40 per cent review for academic staff and payment of accumulated salary arrears.