The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter, has declared an indefinite strike, shutting down academic activities at the Ondo State-owned university over failure to implement the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU agreement.

The union announced the industrial action in a letter dated August 11, 2026, addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the university and signed by its Chairperson, Prof. Bolu Oshodi, and Secretary, Dr. Yusau Kazeem.

In the notice exclusively obtained by our correspondent titled “Notice of a Strike Action,” the union said its members had embarked on the indefinite strike with immediate effect to demand the implementation of the FGN-ASUU 2025 Agreement.

ASUU-AAUA said the action followed a resolution reached at its Congress on June 18, 2026, where members resolved to embark on industrial action if the agreement was not implemented by the university administration on or before July 10, 2026.

“We write on behalf of ASUU-AAUA Congress to notify you that, members of the Union have today, August 11, 2026 embarked on an indefinite strike action to demand for the immediate implementation of the FGN-ASUU 2025 Agreement.

“This action is in line with the resolution taken at the Congress of Thursday, June 18, 2026 specifying that the Union shall embark on an action if the FGN-ASUU Agreement of 2025 is not implemented by AAUA Administration on or before the 10th of July, 2026”, the letter reads.

The development comes as the ASUU National Executive Council (NEC) has authorized 20 state universities to issue a 14-day ultimatum before beginning an indefinite industrial action over the ‘haphazard implementation’ of the agreement by the federal and state governments.

Although the Ondo State Government last month announced the release of N1.1 billion as a “Special Intervention Fund” to offset outstanding salary arrears owed to lecturers and other workers of the university, the intervention appears not to have quelled the concerns fuelling the latest industrial action.

A credible source within the institution told our correspondent that the government’s announcement should be taken “with a pinch of salt”, raising questions over the extent to which the funds have actually been released, accessed or applied to the outstanding obligations.

“It was not N1.1billion that was released. Only two months salaries were paid. July is already outstanding,” the source revealed.