Lecturers at University of Lagos under the platform of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have announced plans to embark on an indefinite strike over concerns about reduced salaries paid for January and February 2026.
The decision was reached during an emergency congress of the union held on Tuesday. Details of the meeting were contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the chairperson of the UNILAG ASUU chapter, Idou Kehinde, and the chapter’s secretary, Adesina Arikawe.
According to the union, the strike will begin on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, and will remain in effect until the university management resolves the issues surrounding the salary payments.
The lecturers stated that salaries paid to staff members for the two months were incomplete. On the Akoka campus, members reportedly did not receive the Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), while lecturers at the Idi-Araba campus were said to have missed both the EAA and the Clinical Academic Teaching Allowance (CATA).
The union also alleged that the February 2026 salaries paid to its members were reduced, describing the development as unacceptable and inconsistent with standard practices in federal universities.
Following deliberations, the congress unanimously rejected the salary payments as issued and directed members to withdraw their academic services starting Wednesday. The strike, according to the union, will continue until the outstanding payments for January and February are fully settled.
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