More branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have announced the suspension of services following the delay in payment of salaries.
Recall that the national president of ASUU, Prof Chris Piwuna, in an earlier interview with The PUNCH, said the union would invoke the no-pay-no-work policy on the Federal Government should there be any form of delay in payment of June 2025 salaries.
So far, academics across various tertiary institutions have not been paid.
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, in a statement released on Sunday night, also threatened to embark on strike should the government fail to release their salaries.
The Chairman of the University of Jos branch of ASUU, Jurbe Molwus, announced the withdrawal of services by members of the union at the university, citing the delay in the payment of their June 2025 salaries.
Molwus said this followed the National Executive Council resolution directing branches to take action when salaries are not paid by the third day of a new month, and the congress affirming the position. He said union members have abstained from lectures and statutory meetings.
The chairman stated further that any time salaries were not paid by the third day of the month, there would be a continuous withdrawal of services by the lecturers.
He also said the strike monitoring team of the branch had been activated to ensure compliance.
At the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi State, ASUU members stayed off-campus following a memo by the ASUU ATBU branch.
The chairman of ASUU in the institution, Dr Angulu Haruna stated that the delay by the Federal Government in paying their salaries was a deliberate act.
“Usually, our salaries always span into the first week of the next month. While other government organisations are being paid, federal universities would be left out and would not receive payment.
“Whenever we ask, they’ll always tell us that it is because of the migration from the IPPIS, and we see that there is preferential treatment against us in favour of other organisations,” he said.
At the University of Abuja, our correspondent gathered that there was a skeletal performance as most lecturers stayed off campus as salaries remained unpaid.
A lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, who spoke off the record, noted that most lecturers decided to follow the resolution of the National Executive Council and resolved to stay away from work pending the payment of the June 2025 salaries.
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