The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has confirmed that it has instructed all its branches across Nigeria to withdraw their services due to the Federal Government’s delay in paying June 2025 salaries to its members.
This action is a direct enforcement of ASUU’s “No Pay, No Work” resolution.
Already, ASUU branches at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja have commenced strike action in compliance.
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ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, confirmed the development on Monday in Abuja, explaining that the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) resolved that if salaries are delayed beyond three days, members should cease work until payments are made.
Piwuna criticized the government’s “lackadaisical attitude” towards lecturers’ salaries, which he described as paltry.
He explained that since university workers migrated from the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) to the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), members have faced significant hardship due to these salary delays.
He revealed that the union’s leadership had engaged relevant government officials, including the Minister of Education and the Accountant General of the Federation, but without any positive outcome, leading to the enforcement of the “No Pay, No Work” policy.
Piwuna reiterated,“What they are doing is just enforcing a NEC resolution. We have agreed at NEC that our members are going through a lot since our migration out of the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System. Certainly, our salaries are delayed for a week and sometimes 10 days before our members receive the paltry amount we get to help us carry out our duties well. Therefore, we agreed that if there is no pay, there will be no work.”
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The ASUU President stated that all universities whose members have not been paid are expected to join the strike, insisting that this is the NEC’s resolution and the only way to address what he believes are deliberate delays by some government officials, particularly within the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
He warned that any unpaid institution would join because the union is “tired of talking about this.”
Piwuna maintained that there is no genuine reason for the salary delays, as the payment platform itself is functional. He noted that once the funds are eventually disbursed to universities, there have been no complaints of underpayment.
“The platform through which the payment is effected has not been the problem. It’s just a deliberate effort by the Office of the Accountant General to delay the release of the funds. The platform is working well, but those who make it work are not willing to make it work. We think it’s a deliberate act; that is the point we are making,” he added.
While the salary delays are the immediate concern, Piwuna also warned the government to promptly release the outstanding ₦10 billion Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) to prevent another industrial dispute.
He clarified that out of a total of ₦50 billion outstanding EAA, only ₦40 billion has been released.
In line with the directive, Jurbe Molwus, Chairman of the ASUU branch at the University of Jos, announced the withdrawal of services by his members, citing delayed June salaries and affirming the NEC resolution.
He stated that members have abstained from lectures and meetings, and their strike monitoring team has been activated.
Similarly, members of the ASUU University of Abuja branch also withdrew their services on Monday over the same issue, though their chairman, Dr. Sylvanus Ugoh, could not be reached for direct confirmation.
The University of Abuja spokesperson, Dr. Habib Yakoob, declined to comment, directing inquiries to the ASUU branch chairman.
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