LAUTECH lecturers begin indefinite strike, so lectures and exams stop

Lecturers at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, began an indefinite strike at midnight on Thursday, October 29, 2026, after a 14-day ultimatum to the university’s management expired. The LAUTECH strike was declared by the university’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which told its members to suspend lectures, examinations, statutory meetings, laboratory work and teaching-related contact with students until further notice.

The statement, signed by the branch chairperson, Professor Olujimi Dada, and the secretary, Dr Soji Arinola, described the action as “total, comprehensive and indefinite”. No resumption date has been given. The strike affects LAUTECH only and isn’t a nationwide ASUU action, so students at other universities aren’t covered by this directive.

The 2025 agreement sits at the centre of the dispute

The union’s main demand is that LAUTECH implement the December 2025 agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU, including consequential arrears dating back to January 2026. The branch also wants Earned Academic Allowances paid immediately and promotion arrears covering 2013 to 2025 settled. Its other demands are less about money, covering changes to the make-up of the Staff Disciplinary Committee, a reconstituted Committee of Provosts and Deans, and more transparency in the university’s electronic voting system.

According to the union, LAUTECH is one of only two universities in the South-West that haven’t fully implemented the agreement, and within ASUU’s Ibadan Zone the two holdouts are both owned by Oyo State. ASUU says management blamed the delay on insufficient funding, while the Governing Council had approved implementing the agreement. Management reportedly said it was trying to reach Governor Seyi Makinde, the university’s Visitor, to intervene.

What LAUTECH students should do while the gates stay quiet

With examinations covered by the directive, any test or paper you had scheduled from October 29 won’t hold while the strike lasts, and you shouldn’t expect lecturers to hold classes in the meantime. The branch also warned that only directives communicated by its chairperson should be treated as authentic, so treat any forwarded “resumption” message on WhatsApp with care. Wait for a statement from the ASUU branch or a notice from the university before you travel back to Ogbomoso or spend money preparing for exams.

If you’re a fresh LAUTECH admission waiting to resume, keep your documents and JAMB admission records in order, because registration and orientation will still need to happen once academic activities restart. Admission steps that run through JAMB, such as accepting your offer on CAPS, aren’t handled by lecturers and can still be completed online.

Other branch strikes this session ended at different speeds

LAUTECH isn’t the first campus to shut down over unpaid entitlements this session. ASUU at Taraba State University went on an indefinite strike over 2026 arrears, as we reported in our story on the Taraba State University strike, while lecturers at LASU, LASUED and LASUSTECH were ordered back to class, which we covered when the LASU strike was suspended. How quickly the Oyo State Government responds will decide which of those paths LAUTECH follows.

For now, LAUTECH students should treat the academic calendar as paused, keep checking the university’s official channels and the ASUU branch’s own statements, and ignore any resumption date that doesn’t come from either of them.