ASUU ISSUES NATIONWIDE ‘NO PAY, NO WORK’ DIRECTIVE OVER SALARY DELAYS

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a new phase of resistance against salary irregularities, directing members nationwide to stop teaching in any month their wages are delayed beyond the third day.
ASUU President, Professor Christopher Piwuna, made this known on June 9th in a Monday night interview where he accused the Federal Government of deliberately undermining the new Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), which replaced the controversial Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
According to Piwuna, the persistent delay in salary payments since lecturers migrated from IPPIS to GIFMIS appears to be an act of retaliation. “FG is punishing university community because we rejected the IPPIS platform,” he said. “We strongly believe this position because we can’t understand how other workers who are still under IPPIS get paid promptly, while we are not.”
The ASUU president said the union’s National Executive Council has resolved that no academic duties will be performed unless salaries are paid on time, with each month’s threshold set at the third day. “This is simply because the economy is not friendly to us, just like it is not friendly to other Nigerians,” he added.
Beyond salary delays, ASUU is also pressing for the conclusion of its long-standing renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement, a document that outlines improved working conditions, academic funding, and governance autonomy for universities.
The boycott directive has already been communicated to all branches, raising the likelihood of renewed academic disruptions across federal and state universities if salary issues persist. The development highlights a deepening strain in government-union relations amid a tough economic environment.