ASUU Declares Nationwide Strike Over Unpaid June Salaries, Enforces “No Pay, No Work” Policy

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members across the country to commence an indefinite strike following the federal government’s failure to pay June 2025 salaries on time.

The union is enforcing its longstanding “No Pay, No Work” policy, with branches at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja already withdrawing their services. More institutions are expected to join the industrial action in the coming days.

ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, confirmed the strike in Abuja, stating that the decision aligns with a resolution by the union’s National Executive Council (NEC).

The policy mandates that lecturers cease work if salaries are delayed beyond the third day of any month.

Piwuna lamented the persistent hardships faced by university lecturers since their migration from the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) to the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).

He noted that despite repeated engagements with top government officials, including the Minister of Education and the Accountant General of the Federation, the issue of delayed salaries remains unresolved.

“Our members endure unnecessary financial strain, with salaries often delayed by a week or more. We have made our grievances known, yet no action has been taken. If the government fails to pay, we cannot work,” Piwuna stated.

The ASUU leader accused the Office of the Accountant General of intentionally withholding salaries, stressing that the payment platform itself is functional.

“The problem isn’t the system—it’s the deliberate delay by those managing it,” he asserted.

Additionally, Piwuna raised concerns over the unpaid N10 billion balance of the Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), urging the federal government to release the funds promptly to avoid further disputes.

Indeed, Jurbe Molwus, ASUU Chairman at the University of Jos, confirmed that lecturers have halted lectures and statutory meetings, with a monitoring team enforcing compliance. A similar shutdown is underway at the University of Abuja.

The union has vowed to sustain the strike until the government resolves the salary delays and fulfills its financial obligations to academic staff, a move that threatens to disrupt academic activities nationwide.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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