The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a nationwide strike following the non-payment of June 2025 salaries, invoking its “No Pay, No Work” policy.
The industrial action has already commenced in branches such as the University of Jos and the University of Abuja.
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ASUU National President, Professor Chris Piwuna, confirmed the development, stating that the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) resolved to down tools following persistent delays in the payment of salaries, which have worsened since the federal government transitioned from the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) to the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).
The union said lecturers have been subjected to growing financial hardship due to the repeated delays. Efforts to engage key government officials, including the Minister of Education and the Accountant General of the Federation, did not yield any results.
ASUU maintains that the delay is not due to any inefficiency in the new payment platform but a result of deliberate inaction by the Office of the Accountant General. It also called for the immediate payment of the withheld June salaries and the outstanding N10 billion balance of the Earned Academic Allowance from the N50 billion previously approved.
