Implement 2025 agreement or face indefinite strike, ASUU warns Oyo, Kwara govs

Academic staff in Oyo and Kwara states are on the verge of an indefinite strike, as the Ibadan Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the state governors to implement the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement starting July 2026. The union represents members at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, and Kwara State University.

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It is provocative and unjust. Our members in these institutions are being shortchanged by the Governors and Visitors of Oyo and Kwara States, who have failed to provide the financial backing required for full implementation of the signed agreement.

ASUU's Ibadan Zone, which also includes the University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin, and Osun State University, met at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education. They stated that the non-implementation by the governors of Oyo and Kwara has put their members' personal and family needs at risk amid the "excruciating Nigerian economy." While commending the efforts of the governing councils of the state universities, ASUU criticized the governors for failing to provide the financial backing required for the agreement's full implementation, calling their actions "provocative and unjust."

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However, the role of Governing Councils of these State Universities must be commended for their efforts to address the implementation of the agreement.

Led by its zonal coordinator, Prof. Biodun Olaniran, the Ibadan Zone ASUU declared that their members' patience has run out. They have commenced "full mobilization for a total, comprehensive, and indefinite strike" due to the persistent failure of the state governments to honor the agreement. The zone views the continued refusal to implement the 2025 FGN/ASUU Agreement at these three universities with serious concern.

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commenced full mobilisation for a total, comprehensive, and indefinite strike, in response to the persistent failure of the State Governments involved to honour the Agreement.

ASUU demands that the upcoming salary payments for members in these universities must include the CATA component and all other allowances stipulated in the agreement. Furthermore, all accrued arrears from January 2026 must be paid without delay. The union issued a strong warning that any further delay or failure by the state governments will inevitably lead to a total, comprehensive, and indefinite industrial action. ASUU appealed to the governors of Oyo and Kwara States to act immediately to prevent the universities from being affected by the strike.

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The next salary of our members in these universities must reflect the CATA component and all other allowances stipulated in the Agreement; All accrued arrears from January 2026 must be paid in full, without delay.