Govt Says ‘No Work, No Pay’ As Varsity Lecturers Begin Strike

In its absorption to the  assemblage lecturers’ determination to embark connected onslaught contiguous , the national authorities has cautioned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against it, reiterating that the “no work, nary pay” argumentation remains successful force.

The curate of education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, and the curate of authorities for education, Prof. Suwaiba Sai’d Ahmed, stated this successful a property connection released connected Sunday by Boriowo Folasade, manager property and nationalist relations of the Federal Ministry of Education.

The ministers reaffirmed the government’s unwavering committedness to constructive engagement with ASUU towards a sustainable solution of each outstanding issues affecting the assemblage system.

Part of the connection reads, “The national authorities has demonstrated sincerity, patience, and goodwill successful its dialog with the Union.

“Virtually each the concerns raised by ASUU person been addressed, including the instauration of a important percent of teaching allowance and important improvements successful the conditions of work of world staff.”

Reiterating the enforcement of existing labour laws, the ministers warned that the medication would not compromise connected accountability.

“The ‘no work, nary pay’ argumentation remains an extant labour instrumentality of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the authorities volition beryllium guided by this instrumentality should world activities beryllium disrupted successful the nation’s universities.”

The connection added that the fewer remaining matters are those that rightfully autumn wrong the jurisdiction of the governing councils of the respective universities, which person been precocious reconstituted to grip specified interior issues.

While stressing government’s committedness to ensuring that students stay successful school, the ministers expressed disappointment that ASUU had chosen to proceed with onslaught enactment contempt government’s compliance with agreed timelines.

“The authorities had met the deadline for presenting its presumption to the national arsenic agreed, yet alternatively of reverting to the Ministry successful continuation of dialogue, ASUU has chosen to proceed with onslaught action.

“This enactment does not bespeak a tone of practice oregon fairness to the students and the public, particularly fixed government’s demonstrable committedness and factual steps already taken.”

The ministers further stated that nether the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Federal Government has continued to prioritise the payment of assemblage unit and the stableness of the world calendar.

“Dialogue remains the astir effectual and sustainable way to resolving disagreements. Government remains unfastened to engagement astatine immoderate level to forestall unnecessary disruption successful the acquisition sector,” they said.

They assured Nigerian students, parents, and the wide nationalist that the national authorities remains firmly committed to maintaining concern harmony successful the tertiary acquisition system, portion appealing to each world unions to clasp concern and dialog alternatively than confrontation, successful the corporate involvement of the nation’s higher acquisition system.

They besides urged ASUU to reconsider its presumption and instrumentality to dialog successful the champion involvement of students and the aboriginal of Nigeria’s acquisition system. Nigerian students person called for dialog aft the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a two-week informing onslaught that would commencement astatine midnight today.

ASUU President Professor Chris Piwuna, addressing the property successful Abuja yesterday, said the enactment followed the national government’s nonaccomplishment to enactment wrong a 14-day ultimatum earlier issued connected 28th September, 2025.

He accused the national authorities of insincerity and neglect of the nation’s assemblage system, decrying the government’s accordant refusal to heed its demands.

ASUU listed 8 unresolved issues, including the decision of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement, merchandise of withheld three-and-a-half months’ salaries, revitalisation funding, unpaid arrears, and the victimisation of lecturers astatine Lagos State University (LASU), KSU, and Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO).

Piwuna besides described the government’s latest engagement arsenic disappointing, saying what was presented astatine an exigency gathering connected 10th October was thing to constitute location about.

“It is regrettable to enactment that thing important has happened to alteration the presumption of National Executive Council (NEC) since we past briefed the property connected the listed 8 items arsenic issues successful dispute.

“The issues see the decision of the renegotiated 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement, merchandise of the withheld three-and-a-half months’ salaries, sustainable backing of nationalist universities, revitalisation of ...