• ASUU has directed its members nationwide to withdraw services over delayed June 2025 salaries, enforcing its “No Pay, No Work” resolution.
• ASUU President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, blamed the Office of the Accountant General for deliberately delaying payments, despite a functional payment platform.
• Branches at the University of Jos and University of Abuja have already downed tools, with lecturers abstaining from lectures and meetings.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed all its chapters nationwide to withdraw their services, citing the Federal Government’s failure to pay June 2025 salaries. This move comes in line with the union’s long-standing “No Pay, No Work” resolution.

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Branches of the union, including those at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja, have already commenced industrial action in compliance with the directive.

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ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, confirmed the development on Monday in Abuja, stating that the National Executive Council (NEC) had resolved that members should stop working if salaries are delayed beyond three days.

“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,” he 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. Therefore, we agreed that if there is no pay, there will be no work.”

Piwuna criticised what he described as the government’s “lackadaisical attitude” toward the welfare of lecturers, noting that since the transition from IPPIS to the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), members have faced persistent salary delays and hardship.

He disclosed that although the union had engaged officials such as the Minister of Education and the Accountant General of the Federation, those efforts failed to yield results, prompting the current enforcement of the NEC directive.

The ASUU president stressed that institutions whose lecturers are yet to be paid are expected to join the ongoing strike.

“We are tired of talking about this. It’s a NEC decision, and all affected universities must comply,” he added.

Piwuna also argued there was no technical justification for the delay in salary disbursement, blaming the Office of the Accountant General for what he described as intentional obstruction.

“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 said.

Beyond salary delays, the union has also demanded the immediate release of the outstanding ₦10 billion from the total ₦50 billion Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), warning that further delays could trigger additional unrest.

In line with the directive, University of Jos ASUU Chairman, Jurbe Molwus, confirmed the withdrawal of services by lecturers in the institution.

“Our members have abstained from lectures and meetings in line with NEC’s directive. Our strike monitoring team has also been activated,” he said.

At the University of Abuja, lecturers also complied with the directive. Though the branch chairman, Dr. Sylvanus Ugoh, was unreachable for comment, the institution’s spokesperson, Dr. Habib Yakoob, declined to speak on the matter, referring all inquiries to ASUU leadership.

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