The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has implemented a no-pay-no-work policy against the Federal Government due to ongoing delays in the payment of salaries to its members.
ASUU National President, Prof Chris Piwuna, revealed this during an interview in Abuja on Friday, accusing the government of attempting to hinder the union’s members after their withdrawal from the IPPIS.
The Federal Government recently removed academic and non-academic staff from the controversial IPPIS, a move that has been criticized by ASUU and other academic unions.
“Look at June now, we have not been paid, our members can’t celebrate Sallah properly. So, we have now resolved that since the government want to delay our salaries, we can’t continue to teach. We want to teach but we can’t teach without our salaries. We have decided to invoke the no-pay-no-work policy.
“Branches have started to adopt. What this means is that lecturers boycott classes pending the time that salaries are paid.”
Mohammed Ibrahim, National President of the Joint Action Committee representing non-academic staff, also criticized the government for the persistent delays in payments.
He said, “Last month, we had to write a series of letters asking why our salaries were not released. No explanation was given.
“University workers are simply treated like second-class citizens. Remember, we have written to the Accountant General of the Federation and copied the ministers of education and labour. The labour ministry wrote to us to say that they have reached out to the minister of education, but you can see that nothing has changed this month either.”
