Academic and non-academic workers in Lagos Declare-owned universities have threatened to commence an indefinite strike from October 3 over the alleged failure of the declare government to introduce agreements reached including the unions.
They continued called for the fulfilment of earlier commitments attributed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, including a 20 per cent salary broaden announced in 2023 and the provision of five Marcopolo buses for the transportation of students and employees.
Still, Bakare said the September salaries were paid minus the agreed adjustments or the outstanding arrears.
He added that the failure to employ the agreement had pushed the accumulated arrears owed to university workers to nine months, covering the period from January to September 2026.
He said negotiations had appeared to yield advance forward on August 31, when the government and unions signed a resolution covering revised allowance structures, tax-exempt benefits and the compensation of outstanding arrears alongside September salaries.
Nonetheless, our patience has been pushed to the absolute constrain.
“We have demonstrated unprecedented patience, maturity and commitment to peaceful dialogue. We have exhausted every practical administrative channel to avert this crisis,” Bakare stated.
The unions are moreover demanding the implementation of a 15 per cent “Lagos Cause” allowance to address the economic pressures linked alongside living and operating in Lagos.
Bakare said the decision followed months of unsuccessful negotiations, administrative delays and what the unions described as repeated reversals by government officials over the implementation of the signed 2026 Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)/employees unions’ agreements.
JAC Chairman, Prof. Ibrahim Bakare, said the strike would commence at midnight on Saturday, October 3, following the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to the Lagos Declare Government.
The affected institutions are Lagos Condition University, LASU, Lagos Condition University College of Medicine, LASUCOM, Lagos Situation University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH, and Lagos Situation University of Education, LASUED.
The Joint Activity Committee, JAC, of Lagos Status-owned universities issued the warning during a media briefing on Friday, saying its members would withdraw their services if their demands were not addressed.
The committee comprises the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Senior Employees Relationship of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Non-Academic Employees Union of Learning and Relevant Institutions, NASU, and Domestic Tie of Academic Technologists, NAAT.
Using the strike deadline approaching, the unions appealed to students, parents and civil population organisations to hold the condition government accountable for any disruption to academic and administrative activities in the affected institutions.
He listed the demands to include the filled implementation of the signed 2026 FGN/unions’ agreement across the four institutions, settlement of the nine-month arrears covering January to September 2026, and compliance including the agreed non-taxable position of negotiated allowances.
The JAC chairman said the unions considered their demands appropriate and before the conclude of the financial capacity of the Lagos Status Government.
“We continue transparent to speedy executive phase prior to the midnight deadline tonight,” Bakare added, stressing that merely urgent intervention by Sanwo-Olu could evade a shutdown of the universities from Saturday.
Lagos varsity workers proclaim indefinite strike over unpaid nine-month arrears
Source: Lagos varsity workers declare indefinite strike over unpaid nine-month arrears
