LASU Senate asks students to vacate hostels amid strike talks with staff unions

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Gideon Adonai 

The Lagos State University Senate has at its virtual meeting held on Saturday, 2nd August 2025 asked its students to vacate hostels while concerned authorities broker terms with heads of staff unions.

The Senate brought academic activities including second semester examination of 2024/25 session to a halt in a bid to resolve looming strike actions threatened by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Staff Unions comprising the LASU Chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT)


The aforementioned unions had on Thursday, 31st July 2025 issued commencement of a strike action described as indefinite in its July 31st, stating that the said strike would be on till the unions' demands are met.


Senate of the University, while considering the verbal report, according  to a Saturday communique signed by Thomas-Onashile Oluwayemisi A., the University's Deputy Registrar/Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations noted the information provided by the Vice-Chancellor and Chairman of Senate that: 


i. The core demands of the Joint Action Committee are directed at the Lagos State Government;


ii. The University Management has, over the past few weeks, facilitated dialogue and pursued peaceful resolutions between the unions and the State Government;


iii. In line with the above, the Lagos State Government convened a meeting comprising University Management, representatives of the Joint Action Committee, representatives of the relevant ministries, and chaired by the Head of Service, Mr Olabode Agoro, on Friday, 1st August 2025 at the office of the Head of Service in Alausa, Ikeja; and


iv. At the said meeting, it was agreed that further consultations would be held, with all parties reconvening on Thursday, 7th August 2025.


The Senate, after due deliberations, resolved that the 2024/2025 Second Semester Examinations, initially scheduled to commence on Monday, 4th August 2025, be put on hold and all other activities in the University be suspended until further notice.


In addition, all students residing in the university hostels across the Ojo, LASUCOM, Epe, and Badagry campuses are to vacate the hostels latest by 6:00 a.m. on Monday, 4th August 2025*


Members of the LASU community, particularly students, are enjoined to remain calm and law-abiding during this period.

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