The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has disclosed that its members have yet to receive their outstanding salaries despite the ₦1.1 billion special intervention fund approved by the Ondo State Government, and has threatened fresh industrial action over a separate salary structure dispute.

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa had approved the ₦1.1 billion release last Wednesday to offset salary arrears owed to lecturers and other staff, barely a week after the ASUU chapter commenced an indefinite strike over the non payment of May and June salaries.

ASUU AAUA Chairman, Bolu Oshodi, told journalists that workers were now owed three months of unpaid salaries covering May, June and July, despite government assurances that funds had been approved.

"As we speak now, the latest information is that the government has released the money to the university, but then the university is still waiting for the money to drop into its account. They said the problem is with the bank, but as far as we are concerned, what our members are waiting for is the alert," Oshodi stated.

He made clear that the union would not suspend the strike based on promises, insisting that members would only return to work upon receiving their salary alerts.

Oshodi further warned that the salary arrears represented only part of a larger crisis facing the institution. He demanded the immediate implementation of the new salary structure agreed between ASUU and the Federal Government in December 2025, noting that implementation had commenced in January 2026 and that several federal and state universities had already begun receiving the new salary package.

"Beyond the issue of two or three months' salary, there is a bigger issue ahead. The union is demanding the implementation of the new salary structure agreed between ASUU and the Federal Government in December 2025," he said.

The ASUU chairman also flagged the inadequacy of the university's monthly subvention, revealing that the ₦223 million released in July fell far short of the institution's ₦550 million monthly salary obligation, forcing the university to supplement the shortfall by over ₦300 million each month.

"Even if the state government cannot give the full subvention for salary, which is ₦550 million, for now, nothing stops the state government from releasing ₦500 million out of ₦550 million," Oshodi said.