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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed all its members across branches nationwide to boycott classes any month their salaries are delayed beyond third day of a new month and remain so until their salaries are paid.

The union said it invoked this “no pay, no work rule,” because members cannot continue to work without food in their stomachs and without money to transport themselves to work or meeting other obligations

The President of the union, Professor Christopher Piwuna, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Nigerian Tribune on Monday night.

He stated that the manner by which the Federal Government is “deliberately frustrating” the smooth operations of the newly-introduced Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) that replaced the rejected Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) informed ASUU to take this work boycott path.

According to him, “FG is punishing university community because we rejected IPPIS platform.

“We strongly believe this position because we can’t understand how other workers who are still under IPPIS get paid promptly while suddenly we that had migrated from the platform are consistently not being paid promptly, again.

“Now, we don’t receive our salaries as and when due again and our best explanation to this sudden development is that government is punishing us just because we were out of IPPIS platform.

“There is no other way to explain this because we are very sure that if we were to remain within IPPIS, we would have been paid when others are being paid.

“And more so, government has not come out to tell us why our salaries are always being delayed.

“So, the position of the union now and which NEC has already resolved at is that if our salaries are not paid the third day of a new month, we won’t work until we are paid. And we have communicated this to all our branches.

“This is simply because the economy is not friendly to us just like to many other Nigerians.

“And that is why we keep asking government to let us conclude, once and for all, our renegotiation on the 2009 Agreement so as to know where we are all going.”

helinues:
How about lecturers that always missing classes?

GanagiBitrus:
Wahala dey o!
ASUU: “No Pay, No Work”
Govt: "No Work, No Pay"

ogascomax:
Another foolish talk again. Instead of you to say government should pay their salary as at when due you are asking them to migrate from the criminal ippis scam.

ActressAbimbola:
Did you attended attend university? Mention their names here.

helinues:
How about lecturers that always missing classes?

Akano5:
I don't care, the blame is on the government though but, the government isn't even ready to be hold accountable for their actions.

helinues:
How about lecturers that always missing classes?

uniquelyspecial:
Ehe!

Baba will not see anything wrong in what the government does oo. You will rather provide a justification as to why any wrong doing by the government should not be mentioned.


So because there are assumably some lecturers that miss class, it is justifiable that lecturers' salaries are delayed for no just reason?

E be like na only how to read an write be the impact wey your own education cause you o.

helinues:
You need brighter grammar

surgical:
when we told Nigerians to make sure they elect their leaders, they think it's a joke, these guys are behaving like this because they feel the people have no say in how they got into power
An example see the humongous salary approve for supreme court judges from 1.2m to 5.3m per month that is an acknowledgement of their perceived importance, while the people are to endure 70k per month, that doesn't even come on time, next time the people might do well to increase their value or usefulness by making sure they are important in electing their leaders

helinues:
Tertiary Education Trust Fund are the one responsible for the disbursement of lecturers salary.

Who are the people on the board of TETF? Are they politicians?

uniquelyspecial:
What ignorance!
Now I know nobody should have been taking you any seriously here.

Wetin concern TETFund with salary payment?

So you have been defending the government blindly since?
Chai... There is God oo.