The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries, arrears, and other unmet demands.

The association warned that it may join the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has been on strike since August over similar grievances.

ASUU had cautioned that the planned resumption of students and the forthcoming convocation ceremony could be disrupted if outstanding payments were not made.

Speaking on Thursday, Chairman of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) in AAUA, Comrade Olutayo Ogungbeni, accused the Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa-led administration of reneging on promises made in June 2025 to settle arrears and increase subventions to tertiary institutions.

Ogungbeni said SSANU members are being owed more than two months’ salaries, with the last payment received in July.
He also explained that the subvention to the institution remains insufficient, making it impossible to fully implement the 2024 National Minimum Wage for university workers.

“The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), AAUA, may commence industrial action if all outstanding salaries are not paid. The last salary collected was in July, and now we are in October,” he stated.

He lamented that staff had exercised patience for too long and were now poised for a showdown, accusing the state government of neglecting the university by failing to provide adequate funding.

Ogungbeni listed SSANU’s demands to include: payment of 54 months’ arrears of 2019, settlement of 18 months’ arrears of the 25%/35% salary increment, payment of two months’ arrears of the 2024 minimum wage, payment of promotion arrears for 2022, 2023, and 2024, and immediate settlement of August and September 2025 salaries.

While noting that the ASUU strike has already crippled academic activities, he warned that a looming SSANU strike would paralyse all administrative and support services at the institution if the government fails to act.

Efforts to obtain a response from the state government proved abortive.

Calls and messages sent to the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, were not answered as of press time.