BREAKING: Tinubu Approves Payment Of Four Months Of Withheld Salaries To ASUU Members

BREAKING: Tinubu Approves Payment Of Four Months Of Withheld Salaries To ASUU Members

President Bola Tinubu has granted a partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” policy enforced against members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in response to their eight-month industrial action in 2022.

This decision, outlined in a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, is based on the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy. As a result, university lecturers will receive salaries for four out of the eight months of their strike.

Read Also BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints Customs CG

The statement further specifies that the president’s approval is contingent on a crucial condition. Both the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must establish a Document of Understanding (DoU) ensuring that this will be the final instance of such a waiver granted by the federal government.

The statement said: “Invoking the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy, President Bola Tinubu has approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order that was instituted against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the commencement of their eight-month industrial action which began on February 14, 2022, and was terminated on October 17, 2022.

“In view of his determination to mitigate the difficulties being felt during the implementation of key economic reforms in the country, as well as his recognition of the faithful implementation of terms which were agreed upon during the fruitful deliberations between ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has directed the grant of an exceptional last waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order on ASUU, which will allow for the previously striking members of ASUU to receive four (4) months of salary accruals out of the eight months of salary which was withheld during the eight-month industrial action undertaken by the union.

“The president has directed the grant of the waiver with a mandatory requirement that the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding (DoU) establishing that this exceptional waiver granted by the President will be the last one to be granted to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and all other Education Sector Unions.”