Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma Chapter, has begun full mobilization of its members for a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike over the continued failure to implement the 2025 Federal Government/ASUU Agreement in the institution.
The resolution was reached during a Congress meeting held on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, where members voiced strong dissatisfaction over what they described as six months of unmet commitments and inaction by the university management and the Edo State Government.
In a statement jointly signed by the ASUU-AAU Chairman, Dr. Cyril Oziegbe Onogbosele, and Secretary, Dr. William Odion, the union expressed concern that repeated efforts to ensure compliance with the agreement had yielded no meaningful response from the relevant authorities.
“It is with profound disappointment that we state that every effort to persuade the University authorities and the Edo State Government to honour the Agreement has been met with trivialization and disregard,” the statement read.
Following deliberations at the well-attended Congress held on the university’s main campus in Ekpoma, the union resolved that beginning with the July 2026 salary payment, all entitlements captured in the agreement, including the Consequential Adjustment of Teachers’ Allowance (CATA) and other approved allowances, must be fully reflected.
The union further demanded the immediate payment of all outstanding arrears accrued from January 2026 to date.
ASUU warned that any failure by the University administration and the Edo State Government to implement the resolution in full would trigger a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action.
“Any failure or derogation by the University authorities and the Edo State Government on this critical resolution will provoke and precipitate a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike,” the union stated.
While acknowledging what it described as the positive disposition of the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo toward the university, ASUU expressed concern over the continued delay in implementing the agreement at AAU.
The union described the situation as both “saddening and provocative,” noting that all federal universities and at least 10 state-owned universities across the country have already implemented the agreement and settled the associated arrears.
ASUU reiterated its commitment to maintaining industrial peace but stressed that the prompt and full implementation of the 2025 FGN/ASUU Agreement remains the only guarantee for sustained harmony in the institution.
The union therefore called on the University authorities and the Edo State Government to take immediate steps to implement the agreement and avert a looming industrial crisis at the university.
