The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has declared an indefinite strike over what it described as incomplete salary payments for January and February 2026.
The decision was announced in a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting of the union held on Tuesday, March 10.
The communiqué, signed by the union’s chairperson, Idou Kehinde, and secretary, Adesina Arikawe, stated that the strike would begin on Wednesday and continue until the university management meets its demands.
According to the union, the action followed what it described as “extensive and exhaustive” deliberations over the salary reductions implemented by the university in the past two months.
“The University discriminately paid amputated salary in January 2026 to all members, i.e. (i) Akoka Campus: No EAA payment. (ii) Idi-Araba Campus: No EAA and CATA payments,” the communiqué reads.
“The University also unilaterally and wickedly paid amputated February 2026 salary to all our members.”
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The union condemned the development, saying it undermines basic standards of fairness.
“The action, the union said, “violates all the tenets of decency and clearly portrays the University Administration as wicked, unfeeling and satanic”.
ASUU said its members would withdraw their services from Wednesday until the university addresses the issue and pays the outstanding amounts.
“In view of the foregoing and in line with the subsisting Pre-NDC NEC resolution of Thursday, May 8, 2025, Congress unanimously resolves as follows: (i) reject in its entirety the recent action that resulted in all our members receiving amputated January and February 2026 salaries as against what obtained in other federal institutions of cognate status like University of Lagos;
“(ii) withdraw our services effective Wednesday, March 11, 2026, since the University has failed to pay our January and February 2026 salaries in full as at March 9, 2026,” the union said.
“(iii) The withdrawal of services by our members will remain in force until the University pays in full all our members’ January and February 2026 salaries.”