JUST IN: UNILAG ASUU begins indefinite strike over ‘amputated’ salaries

Lecturers at University of Lagos (UNILAG), under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have announced an indefinite strike over what they described as “amputated” salaries paid for January and February 2026.

The decision was contained in a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting of the union’s UNILAG chapter on Tuesday.

The communiqué was signed by the chapter’s chairperson, Idou Kehinde, and secretary, Adesina Arikawe.

According to the union, the strike will commence on Wednesday and will continue until the university management meets its demands.

The lecturers said the decision followed “extensive and exhaustive” deliberations over the salary cuts implemented by the university management 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 University also unilaterally and wickedly paid amputated February 2026 salary to all our members,” the communiqué read.

The union added that the action “violates all the tenets of decency and clearly portrays the University Administration as wicked, unfeeling and satanic.”

ASUU rejected the salary deductions and directed its members to withdraw their services from Wednesday until the issue is resolved.

“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.

“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.”