Nigeria’s ASUP threatens strike at Osun polytechnics
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
The ASUP union has given the Osun State government 15 days to pay CATA and EAA allowances to staff at public polytechnics. Without payment by 17 November 2026, teaching will be suspended at three institutions, including Osun State Polytechnic in Iree, according to local ASUP branch officials.
The polytechnics teachers’ union (ASUP) in Osun State has given the government of Governor Ademola Adeleke a 15-day ultimatum to approve and begin paying two allowances for academic staff, failing which it threatens to withdraw its services from 17 November 2026. The three unions concerned are those at Osun State Polytechnic in Iree, Osun State College of Technology in Esa-Oke and Osun State College of Health Technology in Ilesa, P.M. News reports.
Sikiru Folorunso, chairman of the Osun State Polytechnic in Iree branch, said the ultimatum had the support of the ASUP national secretariat. It concerns the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) and the Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), two allowances negotiated with the federal government to improve working conditions for polytechnic staff, according to P.M. News.
Folorunso cited neighbouring Ondo and Ekiti states as examples of administrations that have implemented the allowances. He said Ondo had paid the amounts due for August, September and October 2026 and planned to settle arrears from January to July in two instalments before the end of the year. He also said the federal government was applying the allowances in federal polytechnics, with arrears dating back to January 2026 being paid, according to P.M. News.
