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

Academic Staff at the Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso and Kwara State University, Malete, on Tuesday, called on Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Abdulrahaman Abdulrazak of Kwara State to commence full implementation of the signed 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement from July, 2026.

Speaking under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ibadan Zone comprising University of Ibadan, Ibadan, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Osun State University, Osogbo, Kwara State University, Malete and Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, met at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo in Oyo State where they maintained that the non-implementation by the two states puts the lives of their members in danger of meeting their personal and family needs under the excruciating Nigerian economy.

While commending the roles of the Governing Councils of the state universities, ASUU noted that her members are being treated unjustly by the governors who, “have failed to provide financial backing required for full implementation of the signed agreement.

“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.

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

Speaking through its zonal coordinator, Prof Biodun Olaniran, the Ibadan Zone of ASUU noted that the patience of its members has been exhausted after waiting patiently for the governors to act and have “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.”

The Ibadan Zone ASUU leader stated that the zone views the continued refusal to implement the 2025 FGN/ASUU Agreement at these three Universities with serious concern and demanded that.

“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. We state, with all sense of responsibility, that any failure or further prevarication by the State Governments will inevitably provoke a total, comprehensive, and indefinite industrial action,” he said.

ASUU appealed to the Governors of Oyo and Kwara States to act now, before “our universities are shut down”, noting that “the only path to lasting harmony is the immediate and full implementation of the Agreement.”

ASUU sympathised with the Oyo State Government, parents, and families of all citizens affected by insecurity across the state and nation, calling for greater review of security systems and ensuring safety of vulnerable communities, adding that “education thrives best in an atmosphere of peace and security.”