Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) Branch, Ondo State have declared an indefinite strike over alleged unpaid salaries by the state government.
This followed the resolution reached at the union’s congress held on Friday over the non-payment of May and June 2026 salaries.
The Chairman of ASUU, AAUA Branch, Prof. Boluwaji Oshodi, while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure, the Ondo State capital, confirmed that the union has formally notified the university’s management of its decision.
According to him, the resolution reached at the congress reaffirmed the union’s earlier decisions of April 28 and June 18, 2026 to withdraw academic services over the non-payment of salaries.
Oshodi said: “The ground for the total and indefinite strike is that we have not been paid May and June salaries.
“Our members have been directed to suspend all academic activities until the two months’ salaries are fully paid.
“We have a standing National Executive Council (NEC) resolution that if by the third of the next month, the previous month’s salary is not paid, we are going to declare an industrial action.
“You know, we still waited for May, we waited for June, and for July, we waited until the 10th of July, which is today, before we declared the action.”
Oshodi blamed the state government for not fulfilling its obligations, especially funding, to the university.
“The problem is not with the management; the problem is with the Ondo State Government that refused to fund the university adequately,” the ASUU chairman said.
Efforts to get the university’s spokesperson, Victor Akinpelumi, for comments were unsuccessful.
