THE ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMEDO) Branch, has declared a total and indefinite strike over the non-implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement and unpaid salary arrears.
The union announced the industrial action on Thursday after its congress meeting, following the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the university management.
The decision was contained in a communique issued at the end of the union’s congress and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure.
The communique was jointly signed by the Chairman of ASUU in the university, Comrade Abraham Oladebeye, and the Secretary, Comrade Adeniran Akinola.
The congress noted that the ultimatum expired without the implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement and the payment of salary arrears from January 2026.
The union expressed dissatisfaction with what it described as the university management’s failure to implement the agreement despite the ultimatum.
It, therefore, directed all members to withdraw from all statutory academic duties, including lectures, continuous assessments, examinations, seminars, students’ research supervision, industrial training supervision and fieldwork.
The directive also covers departmental, faculty, committee and senate meetings, whether physical or virtual.
ASUU-UNIMEDO said the strike would remain in force until the full implementation of the agreement, payment of the accrued arrears and any subsequent directive from the union’s National Executive Council (NEC).
The union mandated the Branch Executive Committee (BEC) to activate the Branch Strike Coordinating Committee to monitor full compliance with the resolutions.
NAN reports that the management of the university has not issue an official statement on the union’s action as of the time of filing this report. (NAN)
