Ogun Poly Lecturers Threaten Strike Over Allowances, Demand N100m Subvention

ABEOKUTA -The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics in Ogun State has called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to urgently address its outstanding demands, warning that the state-owned polytechnics could face an industrial crisis as the six remaining days of a 15-day ultimatum issued by the union’s national leadership tick away.

The union also lamented the inadequate funding of polytechnic education, saying the government had refused to review the N5m monthly subvention given to some of the state-owned polytechnics for more than a decade.

The union, which raised the alarm at a joint press briefing held at the ASUP Secretariat, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, on Thursday, expressed displeasure over the state government’s failure to implement the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance and Earned Academic Allowance in the affected institutions.

The briefing was attended by ASUP representatives from various state-owned polytechnics, including Comrade Sogbesan Adebiyi of D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori; Adepero Ogunkoya of Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa; and Comrade Abraham Ogunsanya of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade.

Others at the briefing were Comrade Samuel Okunubi of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu-Igbo; Comrade Kolawole Adeyemi of Ogun State Polytechnic of Health and Allied Sciences, Ilese-Ijebu; as well as Adebayo Adeleke, ASUP Chairman, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta.

Reading the union’s position, Adeyemi said the ultimatum, which began on October 27, followed a resolution reached at the 118th National Executive Council meeting of ASUP held in Abuja on October 22.

Adeyemi explained that the national leadership had formally communicated its demands to the state government, urging it to implement the CATA/EAA component of the 2026 Federal Government-ASUP agreement.

He said the union was particularly worried that previous efforts to secure the government’s commitment had yielded no satisfactory response.

The union said, “It is particularly concerning that the National Leadership of ASUP had previously written to the Ogun State Government on two separate occasions, through letters dated 5th August, 2026, and 21st September, 2026, appealing for the implementation of this important welfare component.

“Unfortunately, despite these repeated engagements, the Union has yet to receive any satisfactory evidence of commitment towards its implementation.

“Today, Thursday, 5th November, 2026, with only six days remaining before the expiration of the ultimatum, we consider it necessary to publicly reiterate our concerns and call on the Ogun State Government to take immediate and decisive steps to avert an avoidable industrial crisis in the polytechnic sector.”

Beyond the unpaid allowances, ASUP lamented what it described as years of inadequate funding of the six state-owned polytechnics, disclosing that the monthly subvention to some of the institutions had remained at N5m for more than a decade.