The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begun an indefinite strike at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, over unpaid entitlements and delays in fully implementing a national agreement.
The branch directed its members to withdraw from lectures, examinations, laboratory activities, statutory meetings and other academic engagements with students from 12am on Thursday, 29 October 2026.
Branch Chairperson Prof. Olujimi Dada and Secretary Dr Soji Arinola announced the decision in a statement dated 29 October, according to Oyoinsight’s report of the announcement. Members approved the action at an emergency congress the previous day.
ASUU wants the university to implement the 2025 Federal Government–ASUU agreement in full and pay the resulting arrears from January 2026. It also seeks outstanding Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) and promotion arrears covering 2013 to 2025.
The branch said LAUTECH’s Governing Council had already approved implementation of the agreement. According to the union, the council and university administration subsequently cited inadequate funding as the reason for the delay.
The dispute also involves demands for changes to university administration. ASUU objected to the composition of the staff disciplinary committee and called for the reconstitution of the Committee of Provosts and Deans.
It further sought greater transparency in the university’s electronic voting system, more office accommodation for staff and improvements to infrastructure, particularly facilities serving the ICT unit.
The strike followed a fortnight of formal notice and further discussions between the parties. With support from ASUU’s National Executive Council (NEC), the branch declared a trade dispute on 14 October and gave the university 14 days to address its demands.
University officials subsequently invited union representatives to a meeting at the Vice-Chancellor’s office on Tuesday, 27 October. Ahead of those discussions, Dada told WestNG that the representatives would report back to congress for members to decide their next course of action.
In its account of Tuesday’s meeting, ASUU said management reported efforts to secure the intervention of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, the university’s Visitor, to facilitate implementation of the agreement.
However, the branch’s emergency congress on Wednesday, 28 October, concluded that the developments did not adequately address the issues raised in its notice. Members consequently approved the indefinite withdrawal of services.
The union said it had previously pursued discussions with the administration, Governing Council and Oyo State Government through formal and informal channels. It maintained that those engagements had not secured the implementation and payments its members sought.
The announcement follows an earlier public appeal on 6 October. At that time, the branch asked Makinde to intervene and urged the state government to provide funding for the agreement and outstanding staff obligations, as Punch reported.
ASUU also compared implementation across institutions, claiming that LAUTECH was one of only two universities in the South-West yet to apply the agreement fully. Within its Ibadan Zone, it said the two Oyo State-owned universities remained the only institutions awaiting full implementation.
The branch said members would resume duties only after management satisfied its demands. Dada urged members to remain committed to the action and recognise only information and directives issued by the branch chairperson as official union instructions.