Lecturers in Ondo, Edo, Plateau, and other states begin indefinite strike over non-implementation of 2025 agreement.
Academic activities have been disrupted in several state-owned universities across the country following the commencement of industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the non-implementation of provisions of the 2009 Re-negotiated Agreement .
CDA News Nigeria reports that the strike has affected institutions including Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA); Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma; and Plateau State University, Bokkos (PLASU), among others .
At AAUA, ASUU branch chairman, Prof. Bolu Oshodi, said the union would not suspend the strike until the Ondo State Government commenced implementation of the agreement and paid outstanding arrears dating back to January 2026 . “We will call off the strike when we receive alert in our bank accounts. Alert of the implementation and the arrears starting from January, that is when we will suspend the strike,” he said .
CDA News Nigeria gathered that at PLASU, lecturers declared a total and indefinite strike over the university management’s failure to address their six-point charter of demands, including the implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme and payment of arrears from January 1, 2026Â .
Similarly, academic activities at AAU Ekpoma were grounded on Wednesday as ASUU members commenced an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement . The university’s Public Relations Officer confirmed that management was meeting with Governor Monday Okpebholo .
The union’s National Executive Council had earlier directed affected branches to prepare for industrial action, authorising them to issue a 14-day ultimatum to state governors .
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