The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that senior professors in Lagos State-owned universities now earn lower monthly salaries than secondary school principals in the state’s public service.
The union described the situation as evidence of the worsening welfare of university lecturers, accusing the Lagos State Government of failing to implement the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU Agreement.
The allegations were made on Wednesday during a joint emergency press conference by ASUU branches at Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), and Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), held at the ASUU Secretariat in LASU, Ojo.
Speaking on behalf of the coalition, the ASUU Lagos Zone Coordinator, Comrade Oluwaseun Babalola, called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to urgently implement the agreement across the state’s public universities.
According to Babalola, the agreement was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2026, but has yet to be implemented more than eight months later, leaving lecturers on what he described as “starvation wages.”
“We have invited you today to draw the attention of the Lagos State Government, the people of Lagos State, and indeed all Nigerians to the continued failure of the State Government to implement the provisions of the 2025 Federal Government/ASUU Agreement in its three public universities, despite the mutually agreed commencement date of January 1, 2026,” he said.
To support the union’s claims, Babalola displayed what he said was the payslip of a secondary school principal showing a monthly salary of ₦799,000, insisting that no professor in Lagos State University currently earns that amount.
ASUU also accused the state government of subjecting lecturers to increased tax deductions while failing to implement the approved salary structure.
The union further alleged that its members have faced victimisation and expressed concern over what it described as the continued deterioration of lecturers’ welfare in the state’s tertiary institutions.
ASUU urged the Lagos State Government to honour the agreement and address the outstanding welfare issues to prevent further strain in the state’s university system…..See more