The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, has stated an indefinite strike over what it described as “amputated” wages paid to its members for January and February 2026.
The decision was revealed in a communiqué provided after an emergency congress of the union hung on Tuesday. The communiqué was signed by the chapter’s chairperson, Idou Kehinde, and secretary, Adesina Arikawe.
According to the union, the strike will start on Wednesday, March 11, and will continue till the university management pays the impressive portions of the impacted incomes.
ASUU stated the choice followed what it referred to as “substantial and exhaustive deliberations” on the deposits made to scholastic personnel in the previous 2 months.
The union alleged that the university management selectively paid minimized salaries in January, noting that personnel on the Akoka school did not get the Made Academic Allowance (EAA), while those at the Idi-Araba school were denied both the EAA and the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA).
“The university discriminately paid amputated wage in January 2026 to all members. At the Akoka School there was no EAA payment, while at the Idi-Araba Campus there were no EAA and CATA payments. The university also unilaterally paid amputated February 2026 salaries to all our members,” the communiqué stated.
The union condemned the salary deductions, explaining the action as unfair and inappropriate, and urged its members to withdraw their services up until the problem is completely fixed.
ASUU further noted that the industrial action was in line with a subsisting resolution of its National Executive Council meeting hung on Might 8, 2025, which mandates branches to do something about it when members’ wages are withheld or lowered.
“Congress all resolved to turn down in its totality the current action that led to our members receiving amputated salaries for January and February 2026, and to withdraw services efficient Wednesday, March 11, 2026, up until the university pays the salaries in full,” the union specified.
The development comes months after the Federal Government authorized a brand-new reimbursement structure for university lecturers, reliable January 1, 2026. The agreement included a 40 percent up review of scholastic staff incomes under the Consolidated University Academic Personnel Income (CONUASS), along with the introduction of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA).
The arrangement likewise retained and revised the Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), which covers scholastic responsibilities such as postgraduate supervision, excess work and assessment duties.
The policy was developed to improve the welfare of speakers, address brain drain in the university system and prevent extended industrial disputes in Nigeria’s public universities.
Nevertheless, implementation challenges have actually supposedly emerged in some institutions, with hold-ups and inconsistencies in the payment of the new allowances.