By Rosemary Etim Bassey
Lecturers at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have announced an indefinite strike following what they described as “amputated” salaries for January and February 2026.
The decision was contained in a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting of the union’s UNILAG chapter on Tuesday. The statement was signed by the chapter chairperson, Idou Kehinde, and secretary, Adesina Arikawe.
According to ASUU, the strike began on Wednesday and will continue until the university management meets its demands. The lecturers said the decision followed “extensive and exhaustive” discussions over the salary cuts implemented by the university in the past two months.
“The university discriminately paid amputated salaries in January 2026 to all members. Specifically: (i) Akoka Campus: No EAA payment; (ii) Idi-Araba Campus: No EAA and CATA payments. The university also unilaterally and improperly paid amputated February 2026 salaries to all our members,” the communiqué stated.
The union described the salary deductions as “violating all the tenets of decency” and accused the university administration of being “wicked, unfeeling, and satanic.” ASUU rejected the deductions and directed its members to withdraw their services immediately until the matter is resolved.
“In view of the foregoing and in line with the subsisting Pre-NDC NEC resolution of Thursday, May 8, 2025, congress unanimously resolves as follows: (i) reject in its entirety the recent action that resulted in all our members receiving amputated January and February 2026 salaries, in contrast to what is obtained in other federal institutions of similar status; (ii) withdraw our services effective Wednesday, March 11, 2026, since the university has failed to pay our January and February 2026 salaries in full as of March 9, 2026,” the union added.
ASUU emphasised that the withdrawal of services will remain in effect until all affected salaries are paid in full.