The federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari has argued that Lecturers are not paid for work that is not done, in line with the “no work, no pay” policy.
Education Minister Adam Adam made the announcement on Wednesday 16 November 2022 during a briefing with parliamentary correspondents in Abuja.
On Friday October 16, 2022, the ASUU suspended his eight-month-old strike that closed the country’s public universities to demand full implementation of an agreement it signed with the federal government years ago. Remember that
While the ASUU strike was underway, the federal government insisted on implementing a “no work, no pay” policy when university professors were absent from their posts.
But last week he took a new turn on Thursday, November 3, 2022, when it emerged that the government was only paying the university professor half a month’s salary. But the education minister said Wednesday that the federal government’s position is that instructors “will not be paid for work not done”.
The minister also responded to claims by ASUU Chancellor Professor Emmanuel Osodke that his pay to faculty members was a ruse to turn them into non-regular workers.
“Nobody can turn a university lecturer into a contingent,” he said.
When told that lecturers had threatened to take a one-day action against the government’s actions, Adam said he didn’t know.
