ASUU 2-week strike: FG vows to invoke ‘no work, no pay’ rule

The Federal Authorities has warned that it’ll implement the “no work, no pay” coverage if the Tutorial Workers Union of Universities (ASUU) goes forward with its deliberate 2-week strike scheduled to begin on Monday.

The federal government in in a joint assertion issued by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, and the Minister of State for Schooling, Professor Suwaiba Sai’d Ahmad, insisted that dialogue stays essentially the most viable path to resolving excellent points within the tertiary training sector.

In accordance with the assertion, the federal government has already made a complete provide to the union addressing its key considerations, starting from welfare and dealing situations to institutional governance and remains to be awaiting ASUU’s official response.

Presidential interventions

The ministers stated President Bola Tinubu’s administration has demonstrated “dedication and sincerity” by a number of interventions within the training sector, together with the approval of a sturdy educating allowance geared toward motivating lecturers throughout public universities.

• They added that every one issues referring to the assessment of situations of service have been duly addressed, besides these beneath the jurisdiction of particular person college governing councils, that are being dealt with at that degree.
• Nonetheless, they famous that regardless of the federal government’s overtures and pending engagements, ASUU seems decided to proceed with industrial motion.
• The ministers burdened that such a choice would go away the federal government with no alternative however to implement the “no work, no pay” rule as offered beneath Nigerian labour legislation.

“Whereas authorities stays dedicated to peaceable dialogue, it would equally implement current legal guidelines to guard the integrity of our training system and guarantee accountability,” the assertion learn.

Welfare of lecturers

The ministers stated the Tinubu administration stays devoted to the welfare of lecturers and the soundness of the college system, noting that its ongoing reforms are anchored on equity, accountability, and institutional strengthening.

In addition they reiterated that sure features of ASUU’s calls for particularly these regarding inside governance, appointments, and promotions fall inside the statutory duties of college governing councils.

“The federal government has proven sincerity and dedication by engagements and coverage actions. We’re assured that, with continued dialogue, each reputable concern could be addressed and resolved with out shutting down our campuses. Our college students should stay in class,” they added.

Backstory

Nairametrics earlier reported that ASUU had rejected the Federal Authorities’s last-minute enchantment to halt its deliberate warning strike scheduled to start on October 13, describing the intervention as a little bit too late.

• The ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, whereas speakingduring an interview on Channels Tv’s The Morning Transient, the place he accused the federal government of neglecting the union’s long-standing calls for regardless of a number of alternatives to have interaction.
• Professor Piwuna criticized the Ministry of Schooling for what he described as its ordinary delay in addressing vital points affecting college lecturers.
• He defined that after a gathering held in Sokoto weeks in the past, the union had given the federal government a three-week window to handle its grievances. Nonetheless, he stated there was no type of communication or effort from the federal government inside that interval.