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By Gabriel Dike
Industrial action by staff unions of the Lagos State University (LASU) has disrupted academic and administrative activities in the three campuses of the institution.
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) made up of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the National Association of Academic of Technologists (NAAT), directed their members to down tools.
Saturday Sun gathered that the decision to embark on the indefinite strike was taken by JAC after a meeting conveyed by LASU management ended in a deadlock on Thursday afternoon. However, the National Executive Council (NEC)-recognised ASUU-LASU branch executive told Saturday Sun that its members were not on strike but sympathised with the agitation of the non-academic staff.
One of the chairmen of the unions said the indefinite strike was about the welfare of members and unresolved demands, which LASU management and the state government had failed to implement. When our correspondent visited the Ojo campus yesterday, academic and administrative activities were grounded.
Students wandered about with no lecturers and non-teaching staff responding to their needs. The Joint Action Committee in a letter to the Vice Chancellor, Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello dated Thursday, July 31st, 2025, informed the VC of the staff unions’ decision to embark on an indefinite strike. The two-page letter entitled: “Notice of Indefinite Strike Action” was signed by the factional ASUU-LASU chairman, Prof Ibrahim Bakare, his Secretary, Dr Sylvester Idowu, SSANU-LASU chairman, Oluwaseyi Lawal, the Secretary, Waheed Majekodunmi, chairman of NAAT, Dr. Olujimi Adejo, his Secretary, Adewunmi Fadiora, NASU chairman, Obafemi Sanni and the Secretary, Muhammed Kelani. In the letter to the VC, the staff unions insisted they would not call off the strike until the university management and the state government implemented their demands.
A member of SSANU told Saturday Sun that discussion on the unresolved demands had been on since five months ago, adding that last Thursday’s meeting with the management ended without any agreement.
A member of ASUU-LASU recognised by the national body said its members were not on strike, adding: “ASUU doesn’t go on strike until the congress takes the decision.”
