The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite strike across all three Lagos State-owned universities over the state government’s failure to implement key provisions of the 2025 agreement with the Federal Government.
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The industrial action affects Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), and Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH).
The union announced the strike on Tuesday after the Lagos State Government failed to resolve the issues raised in a 14-day ultimatum issued on August 31, 2026.
According to ASUU, the deadline expired on September 13 without what it considered meaningful negotiations or a concrete commitment from the government.
The union said its central demand was the full adoption and implementation of the December 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement in the three state-owned universities.
Among the outstanding issues are the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance and other welfare provisions affecting both serving and retired university lecturers.
ASUU said it had repeatedly sought the government’s intervention before resorting to industrial action.
The union claimed that a final warning issued on September 10 also failed to trigger the expected response from the state government.
It said the decision to strike was taken after all previous efforts did not produce a satisfactory resolution.
The declaration was jointly signed by Olusegun Babalola, Coordinator of the ASUU-LASU Steering Committee; Grace Abimbola, Acting Chairman of ASUU-LASUED; and Murisiku Onigemo, Chairman of ASUU-LASUSTECH.
ASUU said the strike would continue until discussions with the government lead to an agreement and the relevant provisions of the 2025 pact are formally domesticated and implemented.
The union, however, said it remained open to negotiations and would suspend the action once the outstanding matters were satisfactorily addressed.
It urged students, parents and other members of the university community to remain calm and law-abiding during the dispute.
ASUU described the industrial action as a “rescue mission for Lagos State education”, saying it was taken to protect the interests of the state’s university system.
The union also disclosed that its national leadership supported the action taken by the three Lagos branches.
It said the national body had backed the branches through earlier correspondence with university authorities, governing councils and the Visitors of the institutions before the ultimatum was issued.
ASUU further appealed to traditional rulers, religious leaders, alumni groups, civil society organisations and other stakeholders to support its campaign for improved conditions in the state-owned universities.
The strike adds Lagos State-owned institutions to the list of universities where lecturers have taken industrial action over demands for the implementation of the 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement.
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