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The Federal Government has directed each Vice-Chancellors of national universities to enforce the “No Work, No Pay” argumentation against members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) presently participating successful the ongoing strike.
In a circular dated October 13, 2025, and signed by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, which was sighted by LEADERSHIP, the Ministry expressed dissatisfaction implicit ASUU’s determination to embark connected concern enactment contempt the government’s repeated appeals for dialogue.
“The Federal Ministry of Education views with dissatisfaction the reports of the ongoing concern enactment declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), contempt repeated calls for the national to clasp constructive dialog arsenic the astir effectual and sustainable way toward resolving each outstanding issues successful the tertiary acquisition sector,” the circular stated.
It reiterated the government’s stance connected the enforcement of labour laws, saying that the directive was successful enactment with extant provisions of the Labour Laws of the Federation.
“In enactment with the provisions of the Labour Laws, the Federal Government reiterates its presumption connected the enforcement of the ‘No Work, No Pay’ argumentation successful respect of immoderate worker who fails to discharge his oregon her authoritative duties during the play of onslaught action,” the curate said.
The circular, addressed to each Vice-Chancellors of national universities, instructed them to instantly instrumentality circumstantial actions, including conducting a rotation telephone and carnal headcount of each world staff, and submitting a broad study distinguishing those astatine enactment from those participating successful the strike.
“Accordingly, each Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities are hereby directed to guarantee strict exertion of this provision, which requires contiguous actions arsenic follows: Conduct a rotation telephone and carnal headcount of each world unit successful your institution, taxable a broad study intelligibly indicating unit who are contiguous and performing their authoritative duties, and those absent oregon participating successful the onslaught and guarantee that wage outgo for the play of enactment stoppage is withheld from those who neglect to execute their duties,” the missive read.
The Ministry, however, made wide that members of the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), 2 world unions not portion of the onslaught were exempted from the directive.
“For the avoidance of doubt, world unit who are members of CONUA and NAMDA, who are not participating successful the onslaught action, are exempted from this directive and shall not beryllium subjected to immoderate signifier of wage withholding,” the circular added.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has been mandated to show strict compliance with the directive and taxable a consolidated study to the Ministry within seven days.
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