By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University - COOU Branch, has reaffirmed support to the national body calls on Anambra and other State owned universities to quickly implement the 2025 agreement reached with the federal government.
ASUU national had through the Owerri branch led by Comrade Dennis Aribodor urged Anambra State and others to urgently implement the ASUU-FGN agreement with a view to improve the workers welfare as well as quality of education.
ASUU-COOU, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday, noting that they have clearly communicated their position to the University authorities because the national body’s effort were in the collective interest of members and intended to support the state branches like COOU and Imo state University branches where implementation has not commenced and not to merely seek relevance.
According to the statement signed by the branch Chairman, Comrade Bruno Ibekilo and the Secretary, Comrade Alajekwu Udoka Benard, they reaffirmed their decision to support the call at a congress held on 15th July, 2026.
“This implementation of this agreement has long become overdue to save the lives of our members especially in ASUU-COOU and other state universities that have been on the same salary scale since 2009. The branch also acknowledges and state that presently, the University authorities have made firm promises and has put machinery in place for the implementation of the agreement which we hope will yield the expected results also calls for urgency in this direction.
“The branch also wants to make it clear that the efforts by the national body of the union through the zones and that of the ASUU Owerri as coordinated by the Zonal Coordinator, Cde. Dennis Aribodor, are in the collective interest of our members and are intended to support the state branches (Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Imo state University branches) where implementation has not commenced and not to merely seek relevance,” the statement added.