The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, has announced an indefinite strike commencing Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
The union ordered the strike to protest what it described as “amputated” salaries paid to its members by the institution’s management in January and February 2026.
The decision to embark on strike was conveyed through a communique signed by Idou Kehinde, chairperson, and Adesina Arikawe, secretary, following an emergency meeting held at the institution’s Engineering faculty on Tuesday.
The union declared emphatically that the strike would commence on Wednesday and continue until the university management meets its demands.
The communique noted that the action followed “extensive and exhaustive” deliberations on the salary cuts imposed over 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 University also unilaterally and wickedly paid amputated February 2026 salary to all our members,” the communique read.
ASUU described the salary deductions as a violation of decency, accusing the university administration of being “wicked, unfeeling and satanic.”
The union rejected the actions that led to the slashed pay and urged its members to withdraw their services from Wednesday until the university resolves the issue.
“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;
“(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;
“(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,” the communique added.
The Federal government and ASUU, in late 2025, reached a negotiated agreement after years of disputes and recurring strikes.
This deal, effective from January 1, 2026, included a 40% upward review of academic staff emoluments, structured around the Consolidated University Academic Staff Salary (CONUASS) and a new Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA).
The agreement also retained and revised Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), which cover specific duties like postgraduate supervision, excess workload, and examinations.