BREAKING: ASUU begins Nationwide Strike, brings University Education to a standstill

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced a nationwide strike over delayed June 2025 salary payments. According to ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, the strike is in line with a National Executive Council (NEC) resolution that mandates members to stop work if salaries are not paid within three days of the due date.

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“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,” Piwuna said. “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.”

Piwuna emphasized that the action is not a fresh negotiation tactic, but rather the enforcement of an existing NEC policy known as “No Pay, No Work.” He added, “If there is no pay, there will be no work

The ASUU President stated that branches at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja have already downed tools in compliance with the directive. “Any institution that has not been paid will join the action because we are tired of talking about this,” he said.

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Piwuna lamented that despite reaching out to key government officials, including the Minister of Education and the Accountant General of the Federation, the union received no meaningful response. “We have spoken to the relevant authorities—the minister is aware, the Office of the Accountant General is aware. All those concerned are aware that this thing has been happening. We’ve had meetings with them to express our dissatisfaction with the way our salaries are being paid, and they have not taken any action.”

The ASUU President insisted that the government has no valid excuse for the delayed salary payments, attributing it to a “deliberate effort by the Office of the Accountant General to delay the release of the funds.” He added, “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.”

Piwuna also highlighted the outstanding N10 billion Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), urging the government to release the funds promptly. “On the EAA you talked about, the total amount was N50 billion, and what they gave to us is N40 billion. N10 billion is still outstanding. We hope that this is paid quickly so that we do not have to fight over it.”

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