Amputated Jan, Feb salaries: UNILAG lecturers begin indefinite strike
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LAGOS — MEMBERS of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Lagos chapter, yesterday, threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over what it described as ‘amputated’ salaries received from the university management in January and February, 2026.
Chairperson and Secretary of the union, Idou Kehinde and Adesina Arikawe, in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting, said the indefinite strike would commence from Wednesday till the university management accede to its demands.
The union noted that the decision was reached after an “extensive and exhaustive” deliberation on the salary cuts implemented by the university management over the past two months.
The communique reads: “The University discriminately paid amputated salary in January 2026 to all members, i.e. (i) Akoka Campus: No EAA payment. (ii) Idi-Araba Campus: No EAA and CATA payments.
“The University also unilaterally and wickedly paid amputated February 2026 salary to all our members.”
The action, the union said: “Violates all the tenets of decency and clearly portrays the University Administration as wicked, unfeeling and satanic.”
It also rejected the action that led to slashed pay, urging its members to withdraw their services from Wednesday until the university does the needful.
“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: reject in its entirety the recent action that resulted in all our members receiving amputated January and February 2026 salaries as against what obtained in other federal institutions of cognate status like University of Lagos; withdraw our services effective Wednesday, March 11, 2026, since the University has failed to pay our January and February 2026 salaries in full as at March 9, 2026.
“The withdrawal of services by our members will remain in force until the University pays in full all our members’ January and February 2026 salaries.”
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