Strike looms in Bayelsa varsities over non-implementation of CBA

There is a looming industrial action at the three Bayelsa State-owned universities over the failure of the Bayelsa State Government to commence the implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), signed on December 23, 2025, and unveiled to the general public on January 14, 2026.
The CBA represents the minimum standard expected of conditions of service in the Nigerian public university system.
Addressing a press conference in the conference room of the Faculty of Law, Niger Delta University (NDU), ASUU branches of NDU, the University of Africa, Toru-Orua (UAT), and Bayelsa Medical University (BMU), Yenagoa, al...