The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised the alarm that its members are yet to receive their outstanding salaries despite the Ondo State Government’s approval of a N1.1 billion special intervention fund for the institution.
ASUU-AAUA Chairman, Bolu Oshodi, confirmed that lecturers are currently owed salaries for May, June, and July 2026, even after Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa approved the release of the funds last Wednesday to offset the arrears.
The governor’s approval came barely a week after the ASUU chapter commenced an indefinite strike over the non-payment of May and June salaries.
Oshodi said the university had informed them the money was yet to reflect in its account, with the delay blamed on the bank.
“As we speak now, the latest information is that the government has released the money to the university, but then the university is still waiting for the money to drop into its account. They said the problem is with the bank, but as far as we are concerned, what our members are waiting for is the alert,” he said.
The ASUU chairman made it clear that the union would not suspend the strike based on promises alone, stressing that members would only return to work after receiving their salary alerts.
Beyond the unpaid salaries, Oshodi warned of a bigger confrontation ahead if the state government fails to implement the new salary structure agreed between ASUU and the Federal Government in December 2025.
“Beyond the issue of two or three months’ salary, there is a bigger issue ahead. The union is demanding the implementation of the new salary structure agreed between ASUU and the Federal Government in December 2025,” he said.
He noted that implementation of the new salary package commenced in January 2026 and that some federal and state universities had already begun benefiting from it.
Oshodi also raised concerns about the adequacy of AAUA’s monthly subvention, saying the N223 million released by the state government in July was far short of the institution’s N550 million monthly salary obligation.
“The N223 million has never been enough for salaries alone. The salary is N550 million,” he said, adding that the university had consistently been forced to supplement its subvention by over N300 million every month just to pay staff.
“Even if the state government cannot give the full subvention for salary, which is N550 million, for now, nothing stops the state government from releasing N500 million out of N550 million,” Oshodi said.
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