THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State Government-owned universities Joint Campus Group, has declared an indefinite strike across the state’s three public universities over unresolved demands, including the implementation of the December 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement.
News Point Nigeria reports that the affected institutions are the Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), and Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH).
The declaration was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday and jointly signed by Olusegun Babalola, Coordinator of the Steering Committee, ASUU-LASU; Grace Abimbola, Acting Chairman of ASUU-LASUED; and Murisiku Onigemo, Chairman of ASUU-LASUSTECH.
According to the union, the strike followed the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the Lagos State Government on August 31, without what it described as a satisfactory resolution or concrete plan from the government.
ASUU said the state government allowed the September 13 deadline to elapse without initiating dialogue, despite the union’s final warning issued on September 10.
The union said its major demand remained the “full domestication and implementation of the December 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement across all Lagos State-owned universities.”
It added that the demand also includes the implementation of the consolidated academic tools allowance and other critical welfare provisions for serving and retired academic staff.
“Following the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum issued to the Lagos State Government on 31 August 2026, the Academic Staff Union of Universities Joint Campus Group—comprising Lagos State University, Lagos State University of Education, and Lagos State University of Science and Technology—hereby declares a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action effective immediately,” the statement reads.
The union maintained that the strike would “remain in force until meaningful engagement produced a satisfactory resolution and the state government signed, domesticated and implemented the applicable provisions of the 2025 agreement in full”.
“The union remains entirely committed to constructive dialogue and to the swift restoration of normal academic activities as soon as these outstanding issues are addressed,” ASUU said.
The union urged students and parents to remain calm, peaceful and law-abiding while efforts were being made to secure what it described as a permanent resolution to the issues.
ASUU described the industrial action as a “rescue mission for Lagos State education”, adding that the strike had the full backing of the ASUU national leadership.
It also called on traditional rulers, religious leaders, alumni associations, civil society organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders to support its demands.
The latest action comes after lecturers at LASUSTECH, in August, lamented delays in the payment of their salaries and accused the university management of deliberately withholding the payments.
The lecturers had said there was no justification for the delay, noting that their counterparts in other state-owned universities had been paid and that there was no directive from the Lagos State Government against the payment of their salaries.
However, the university management attributed the delay in salary payment to the industrial action by members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) at the institution.