MONROVIA – The University of Liberia Faculty Association (ULFA), Inc. has announced a suspension of all academic activities across the University of Liberia campuses following an Emergency General Assembly held Friday, August 29, 2025, on the Capitol Hill campus.
According to a press statement issued and signed by the ULFA Secretariat, the decision was prompted by unresolved concerns affecting the welfare of faculty members, despite earlier engagements with the university administration and other stakeholders. The statement recalled that at a constitutional General Assembly on July 18, 2025, the ULFA Executive Committee was mandated to engage the University of Liberia administration on pressing issues within one month.
Those concerns included poor sanitary conditions, delays in faculty promotions, salary disparities, social security contributions, problems facing study-leave colleagues, and the renovation of UL campuses. ULFA further cited more recent grievances, such as outstanding payments for overload and vacation school salaries, which remain unsettled.
At Friday’s Emergency General Assembly, faculty members voted unanimously to disengage from all academic activities until their concerns are addressed through a formal agreement with the university administration and the Government of Liberia.
“Due to these unresolved outstanding issues, the faculty voted unanimously at today’s emergency general assembly to stay away from all academic activities until a negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement addressing all ULFA issues is signed by the University of Liberia Administration, the Government of Liberia, and ULFA,” the association stated.
The statement emphasized that all faculty members are urged to disengage from any planned academic activities until further notice. It noted that classes and other related programs will only resume once a fair agreement is reached that addresses all of ULFA’s concerns.
ULFA underscored that salary disparity, payment of adjunct faculty arrears, unresolved promotion matters, and the state of campus facilities remain critical issues that must be settled before the decision is reversed. The association maintained that the welfare of faculty members cannot be compromised and that disengagement will continue until the administration and government take decisive action.
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