Lecturers at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), have embarked on an indefinite strike over the non-payment of salaries.
The action was announced in a letter dated September 11, 2025, jointly signed by the ASUU-FUOYE Chairperson, Comrade O.A. Fagbuagun, and the Financial Secretary, Comrade Ngwu Benitho, and addressed to the Acting Vice-Chancellor.
According to the union, the strike followed a directive from ASUU’s National Executive Council (NEC), which instructed branches to suspend academic activities if salaries are not paid by the third day of each month.
ASUU-FUOYE described the strike as “total, indefinite, and comprehensive”, vowing that it would continue until all outstanding salaries are cleared.
The union also stressed that the decision was not a local action but a national directive aimed at enforcing prompt salary payments across Nigerian universities.
Part of the letter reads:
“This is to notify FUOYE Administration that the National Executive Council of ASUU has directed that in any case, where Academic Staff salary is not paid by the 3rd of every month, the affected Branch of ASUU should proceed on strike until the salary is paid.
As a consequence of the above, we are using this medium to inform the Administration that ASUU-FUOYE Branch has proceeded on strike until our salary is paid. This strike is total, indefinite, and comprehensive.”
