Fancy another round of strike drama? Lagos’ three state unis might be next, and ASUU says the government only has itself to blame.

ASUU is sounding the alarm again, and this time it’s Lagos that could be heading for a total academic shutdown. According to cbinewstv, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos Zone, says three state-owned universities are on the brink of industrial action because the Lagos State Government still hasn’t implemented the 2025 FG-ASUU Agreement, six months after it was signed.

The universities in the firing line? Lagos State University, LASU, Lagos State University of Education, LASUED, and Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH. ASUU says it’s fully behind any action its branches decide to take to get the government to honour the deal.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday at LASUSTECH, ASUU Lagos Zone Coordinator Adesola Nassir didn’t mince words. He said lecturers have been engaging with government officials for months, but nothing has shifted. The result? Staff are feeling “neglected, undervalued, and increasingly uncertain about the government’s commitment to their welfare.”

And he had some pointed questions for the state government: “How can a government demand world-class university rankings while failing to create world-class conditions for academic work? How can excellence flourish where welfare remains uncertain? How can innovation thrive amid recurring industrial tension?”

For a state that brands itself the “Centre of Excellence,” ASUU argues Lagos is falling behind, other states have already started implementing the agreement. “No government can legitimately claim excellence while the intellectual workforce responsible for producing excellence experiences prolonged uncertainty over agreed welfare commitments,” Nassir added.

The union warns the delay is already hitting morale. That means staff apathy, ethical drift, poorer graduate quality, and, you guessed it, more disruptions to the academic calendar. At LASU, LASUSTECH and LASUED, Nassir says management is getting “problematic” because staff are despondent.

There’s also lingering wahala at LASU and LASUED over the dismissal of ASUU officials and what the union calls victimisation of its LASUED branch chairperson.

Bottom line from ASUU: if these schools shut down, don’t blame the lecturers. “Government, not ASUU, should be held responsible if all universities belonging to Lagos State are thrown into avoidable crises or totally shut down,” Nassir declared.

So the ball’s now in Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s court. ASUU wants urgent talks with the affected branches wrapped up and the 2025 agreement implemented, no more delays, to stop what they’re calling “brewing unrest” across Lagos’ state universities.

Source: cbinews.tv

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