By Wahab Adesina
Academic activities at two of Bayelsa State’s foremost tertiary institutions ground to a halt on Tuesday as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared an indefinite strike over the state government’s alleged refusal to honour agreements signed with the unions.
The industrial action, which affects Niger Delta University (NDU) and Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), followed separate enlarged congresses held at the Amassoma and Yenagoa campuses, with hundreds of lecturers in attendance.
At the Amassoma campus, ASUU-NDU Chairperson, Comrade Oyinkepreye Lucky Bebeteidoh, confirmed that lecturers had resolved to down tools until their demands are met, citing government’s failure to implement a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed in December 2025.
“The agreement had an implementation timeline of January 2026. We are now in August 2026, and nothing has been done,” Bebeteidoh declared.
