ASUU Declares Nationwide Strike Over Unpaid June Salaries, Demands Immediate Release of N10 Billion in Outstanding Allowances
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has launched a nationwide strike following the federal government’s delay in paying lecturers’ June 2025 salaries.
ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, confirmed the move on Monday in Abuja, stating it was in line with an earlier resolution by the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). The policy stipulates that members should stop work if salaries aren’t paid within three days of the due date — a measure ASUU calls the “No Pay, No Work” principle.
According to Piwuna, lecturers at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja have already complied and ceased all academic activities. He emphasized that this strike is not a negotiation tactic but the enforcement of an existing agreement to resist chronic salary delays.
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He criticized the government’s handling of academic staff wages, particularly since ASUU members were moved from the IPPIS payment platform to GIFMIS. Instead of improving, he said, salary delays have worsened, pushing university lecturers into deeper financial hardship.
“We’ve reached out to the Minister of Education and the Accountant General, but no meaningful response has come,” he said. “This strike is the only way we can push back against what seems to be a deliberate attempt to frustrate university workers.”
Piwuna insisted that the problem isn’t with the payment platform but with the officials controlling the disbursement of funds. He accused the Office of the Accountant General of intentionally delaying the release of salaries.
“All institutions whose staff haven’t been paid will join the strike. We are tired of explaining ourselves. We want to work, but we cannot without our pay,” he stated.
In addition to the salary issue, Piwuna warned that the government must release the outstanding N10 billion in Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) to prevent further industrial action. He explained that while the government promised N50 billion in EAA, only N40 billion has been disbursed.
“We expect the remaining N10 billion to be paid immediately to avoid another crisis,” he concluded.
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