…UAT gives two weeks ultimatum
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Niger Delta University (NDU) and Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), owned by the Bayelsa State Government, have declared an industrial action over the alleged refusal of the State Government to implement the 2025 CBA agreement and outstanding 19-month arrears, among others.
NDU and BMU declared the indefinite strike action after enlarged congresses held separately at their Amassoma and Yenagoa campuses, respectively, while the University of Africa, Toru-Orua, another state-owned university, gave a two-week ultimatum.
At Amassoma, ASUU-NDU, led by Lucky Bebeteidoh, the Chairperson, confirmed that the union has declared an indefinite strike action, while demanding that the government implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement signed in December, 2025, whose implementation timeline was January, 2026.
Bebeteidoh said: “Lecturers are demanding the implementation of the computed figure of CATA for the three state-owned universities amounting to N336, 936, 294.87, for all academic staff, which has a valid signed agreement since December 23rd, 2025.”
