LASUSTECH Lecturers Don Sound Alarm Over Salary Delay — “Our Money No Be School Assignment!”

Lecturers for Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH, don raise fresh alarm over delay in their August salary, while the wider fight over implementation of the 2025 Federal Government–ASUU agreement dey add more pressure to the university system. Some lecturers reportedly accused the management of withholding their August pay, but the university management say the salary never get prepared because the non-academic staff handling the process dey on strike.

The latest development come only days after ASUU branches across LASU, LASUED and LASUSTECH gave their respective university managements 14 days ultimatum to implement the revised salary agreement and settle outstanding financial entitlements. The unions warned that failure to resolve the matter could lead to industrial action.

Lecturers Say Salary Don Delay, Management Say “Who Go Prepare Am?”

According to reports, some LASUSTECH academic staff accused the university management of deliberately holding back their August salaries and questioned why other Lagos State-owned universities had already paid their workers. The lecturers also argued that academic staff at LASUSTECH were not on strike, so their salaries should not be affected by the industrial action involving non-academic workers.

But management get another version of the story. The university’s Director of Information, Lanre Kuye, reportedly denied that the Vice-Chancellor personally withheld the salaries, explaining that the August payroll had not been prepared because the workers responsible for salary preparation were among those on strike. According to him, the salary would be prepared once the strike is suspended.

ASUU Don Give 14 Days, Salary Matter Still Dey Boil

The salary delay no dey happen inside empty political pot. ASUU branches at LASU, LASUED and LASUSTECH recently issued a 14-day ultimatum over the non-implementation of the 2025 FG/ASUU agreement, including revised salary structures and outstanding financial obligations. The ultimatum is expected to expire around September 9 and 10, depending on the branch.

The background matter don dey simmer since earlier this year. In July, ASUU Lagos Zone warned that failure to implement the agreement could trigger fresh industrial unrest across the three Lagos State-owned universities. The 2025 agreement took effect from January 1, 2026, and includes a 40 per cent salary increase for lecturers alongside other academic allowances.

For lecturers wey dey face rent, food, transport and other bills, salary delay no be ordinary administrative typo; na matter wey fit quickly turn family budget upside down. Meanwhile, management’s explanation shows say the current dispute dey connected to the wider strike by non-academic staff, creating one unusual situation where workers wey no dey strike dey complain about money wey workers wey dey strike normally help process.

As the clock dey count down on the ASUU ultimatum, LASUSTECH salary matter don become another pressure point for Lagos State’s university system. Whether management go resolve the August payment issue and address the wider salary agreement before the deadline remains the big question. OGM News Pidgin go keep eyes on the matter, because if salary no enter before ultimatum finish, this university story fit soon move from complaint to another chapter of industrial gbas-gbos.