The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari stated on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 that Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members would not be paid for work that was not done.
In response to ASUU members’ protests over the half-salary paid to academics in October, the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, stated that the decision was made in accordance with the “No work, no pay” policy.
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting was presided over by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, and the minister who responded to communication from State House stated that the Lecturers “would not be paid for work not done.”
In response to the President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who claimed that paying academics on a pro rata basis was a ruse to turn them into casual workers, the Minister of Education stated that the government had no such strategy.
“Nobody can make University lecturers casual workers.,” according to Adamu.
When informed that the academics planned to stage a one-day protest to denounce the government’s move, Adamu, the minister, claimed he was unaware.
The Federal Government failed to compensate the lecturers for the eight-month strike that lasted from February 14 to October 14 and lasted without payment.
