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BENIN – The Educational Employees Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, has condemned in robust phrases, the Ondo State Authorities for its lukewarm disposition in direction of the implementation of the 2025 FGN/ASUU Settlement in Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba-Akoko, Olusegun Agagu College of Science and Know-how, Okitipupa, and the College of Medical Sciences, Ondo.
Educational employees within the three establishments, beneath the aegis of ASUU, have been on strike for greater than 30 days with out the State Authorities taking decisive motion to finish the strike by means of the swift implementation of the Settlement.
The 2025 FGN/ASUU Settlement was formally unveiled on 14th January, 2026, by the Federal Authorities.
The revealing signalled what has been described as the tip of years of wrestle to renegotiate the 2009 Settlement and to safe enduring industrial peace in our public universities.
In a press assertion issued at Delta State College (DELSU), Abraka, Delta State, by the Zonal Coordinator of Benin Zone of ASUU, Prof. Monday Lewis Igbafen, and made obtainable to journalists in Benin Metropolis, the Benin Zone of ASUU berated the Ondo State Authorities over what it described as “not solely the Ondo State Authorities’s uncooperative perspective and seeming refusal to implement the 2025 FGN/ASUU Settlement but additionally its penchant for gross underfunding of Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba-Akoko, Olusegun Agagu College of Science and Know-how, Okitipupa, and the College of Medical Sciences, Ondo.”
The assertion expressed grave concern over the continued refusal by the Ondo State Authorities to implement the 2025 FGN/ASUU Settlement and the ensuing strike motion at Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba-Akoko, Olusegun Agagu College of Science and Know-how, Okitipupa, and the College of Medical Sciences, Ondo.
Regrettably, whereas credible reviews point out that the Edo and Delta State Governments have given the inexperienced gentle to implement the 2025 FGN/ASUU Settlement of their state universities with impact from September 2026 and the fee of arrears from January 2026, the Ondo State Authorities is foot-dragging and demonstrating insensitivity to the welfare of employees and the plight of scholars who’re presently at dwelling due to the continuing strike of their establishments.
The assertion maintained that the event within the three state universities shouldn’t be merely regrettable; it’s provocative and unjust, as a result of members of the Union in these establishments are being short-changed by the Governor and Customer to those universities, who has failed to supply the monetary backing required for the implementation of the 2025 FGN/ASUU Settlement.
The assertion urged the Federal Authorities, particularly the Federal Ministry of Training and the Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC), to name the Ondo State Governor and Customer to the three state universities to order.
The assertion expressed the robust assist of the Benin Zone of ASUU for the continuing strike in Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba-Akoko, Olusegun Agagu College of Science and Know-how, Okitipupa, and the College of Medical Sciences, Ondo, and threatened to relocate the zonal secretariat of the Union to one of many state universities within the State in solidarity and for efficient monitoring of the state of affairs.
The assertion referred to as on the Ondo State Authorities to exhibit honest dedication to the welfare of employees and the training of scholars within the three state universities by prioritising training within the State.
The Benin Zone contains the College of Benin, Benin Metropolis; Federal College of Petroleum Assets, Effurun; Ambrose Alli College, Ekpoma; Adekunle Ajasin College, Akungba-Akoko; Olusegun Agagu College of Science and Know-how, Okitipupa; Delta State College, Abraka; College of Delta, Agbor; Dennis Osadebay College, Asaba; and Southern Delta College, Ozoro.
