Strike looms in Bayelsa varsities over delayed CBA implementation

From Femi Folaranmi , Yenagoa
An industrial action is looming across Bayelsa State’s three government-owned universities over the state’s failure to implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on December 23, 2025, and unveiled on January 14, 2026.
The CBA sets the minimum conditions of service for academic staff in Nigeria’s public university system.
At a press conference held at the Faculty of Law, Niger Delta University (NDU), ASUU branches of NDU, the University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT), and Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), all under the Port Harcourt Zone, accused the Bayelsa State Government of failing to...