ASUU tackles Soludo, Uzodinma over non-implementation of 2025 FG agreement

By Vincent Ujumadu

The Owerri Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the governors of Anambra and Imo states, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Senator Hope Uzodinma, of failing to implement the 2025 Federal Government/ASUU agreement aimed at improving lecturers’ welfare and the quality of university education.

Speaking at a press conference at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the ASUU Owerri Zone Coordinator, Prof. Dennis Aribodor, lamented that more than five months after implementation of the agreement began nationwide, the two state-owned universities in the zone were yet to comply.

The affected institutions are Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), owned by the Anambra State Government, and Imo State University (IMSU), owned by the Imo State Government.

Aribodor said both universities had submitted the 2025 FG-ASUU agreement to their respective administrations in February 2026, in line with a directive from the union’s National Executive Council (NEC).