Implement FG deal in Ondo varsities, ASUU urges Aiyedatiwa

The Akure Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Ondo State Government to implement the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement across all state-owned tertiary institutions. The union highlighted its concern over the state government's failure to implement the financial aspects of the agreement, which came into effect six months ago, stating that this delay is negatively affecting the welfare of lecturers and the quality of higher education in the state.

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The union expressed concern over what it described as the state government’s failure to implement the financial components of the agreement, six months after it came into effect.

ASUU Coordinator Adeola Egbedokun noted that while the state government is aware of the agreement, it has not yet adopted or implemented its provisions, leaving lecturers without the benefits outlined in the pact. The 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement, signed on December 23, 2025, and effective January 1, 2026, is described as the first comprehensive agreement since 2009. Its financial components include provisions for Consolidated Academic and Research Allowance, Earned Academic Allowance, and Professorial Allowance.

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The 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement, signed on December 23, 2025, was the first comprehensive agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU since the 2009 agreement and took effect on January 1, 2026.

Egbedokun criticized the state's formation of a committee to review the agreement, deeming it unnecessary since representatives from state-owned universities participated in the negotiations. He argued that immediate implementation is required, not prolonged committee engagements that only postpone action while lecturers suffer. He pointed out that Ondo State, being a major oil-producing state and a beneficiary of the 13 percent derivation fund, should be among the first to implement the agreement, especially since the Federal Government and several other states have already done so.

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There is no justification for the delay because state governments possess the authority, responsibility and financial capacity to implement the agreement.