The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had embarked on a four week warning strike on February 14 which was extended at its expiration, following the alleged failure of government to address the contentious issues that led to the strike.
It has however been gathered that the federal government has invoked the ‘no work, no pay’ policy against the striking unions.
Confirming this, the President of NAAT, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, said members of his union were not paid full salaries in March, and the government has ignored all the notices for the ongoing strike and had refused to acknowledge all the letters sent in that regard.
This is even as the unions lamented that despite all the notices sent to the federal government over the ongoing strike in the public universities, the government has not deemed it fit to either acknowledge the letters or call them to round table discussions. Instead they had gone ahead to implement the ‘no work, no salary ‘ policy and this will not make them call off the strike.
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