The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) branch, has declared a total and indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government of Nigeria-ASUU agreement.
The Chairman of the union’s AAUA branch, Prof. Boluwaji Oshodi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure.
The latest industrial action comes barely a week after the union suspended an earlier strike over unpaid salary backlogs following the payment of outstanding salaries.
Oshodi said the union had given the Ondo State Government sufficient opportunity to address its concerns through several letters and requests for meetings but had received no concrete action on the implementation of the main agreement.
According to him, lecturers would not return to the classroom based solely on promises or commitments from the government.
“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 said.
The union chairman expressed concern over what he described as the state government’s reluctance to implement the agreement, noting that several other state governments had already commenced implementation.
He questioned why Ondo State, an oil-producing state, should take a different approach to the agreement.
Oshodi said the union remained open to dialogue with the government but insisted that negotiations would not lead to a resumption of academic activities without concrete implementation 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 FGN-ASUU 2025 agreement includes an upgraded salary structure for university academics, a 40% review for academic staff and the payment of accumulated salary arrears.
The renewed strike at AAUA adds to growing labour tensions within Nigeria’s university system as academic unions continue to demand improved welfare and the implementation of agreements reached with governments and university authorities.
The development comes a day after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Imo State University, Owerri branch, also declared a total and indefinite strike over what it described as the failure of the Imo State Government and university management to implement an agreement on improved welfare and conditions of service for academic staff.
The latest actions by the two university branches could further disrupt academic activities and place additional pressure on state governments and university authorities to resolve outstanding issues with academic staff.
