ASUU Branches Suspend Lectures Nationwide Over Delayed June Salaries

Following the delay in salary payments, other sections of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have declared that their services will be suspended.

In a previous interview with The PUNCH, ASUU national president Prof. Chris Piwuna stated that the union would apply the 'no-pay-no-work' policy to the Federal Government if the June 2025 salary payments were delayed in any way.

Academics at different postsecondary institutions have not yet received compensation.

In a report issued on Sunday evening, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics also threatened to go on strike if the government did not meet their demands.

Jurbe Molwus, the chairman of the ASUU chapter at the University of Jos, stated that union members would no longer be paid their June 2025 salaries by the university due to the postponement of their payments.

This came after the National Executive Council passed a resolution instructing branches to take action if salaries are not paid by the third day of a new month, and the Congress confirmed the position, according to Molwus. According to him, union members have skipped statutory meetings and lectures.

Additionally, the chairman declared that academics would cease to serve if their salaries were not paid by the third day of the month.

To ensure compliance, he added, the branch's strike monitoring team had been activated.

In response to a directive sent by the ASUU ATBU branch, ASUU members remained off-campus at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi State.

According to Dr. Angulu Haruna, the institution's ASUU head, the Federal Government purposefully delayed paying their salaries.

Our salaries typically continue throughout the first week of the following month. Federal universities would be excluded and not compensated, in contrast to other government agencies.

"We see that there is preferential treatment against us in favor of other organizations, and whenever we ask, they always say that it is because of the migration from the IPPIS," he stated.

Our correspondent learned that the majority of the instructors at the University of Abuja stayed off school because their salaries had not been paid, resulting in a skeletal performance.

Speaking off the record, an Ahmadu Bello University lecturer stated that the majority of lecturers decided to abstain from work until the June 2025 salary payments were made, by the National Executive Council's order.

Source: Punch Newspaper