Following the commencement of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ eight-month strike, which began on February 14, 2022, and was terminated on October 17, 2022, President Bola Tinubu approved on Friday a partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order instituted against the striking members.
Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
The statement is titled, “President Tinubu approves partial waiver of the ASUU members’ no work, no pay order; orders release of four months’ worth of withheld salary.”
Ngelale revealed that the waiver, “will allow for the previously striking members of ASUU to receive four months of salary accruals out of the eight months of salary which was withheld during the eight-month industrial action undertaken by the union.”
However, Tinubu directed that in order for the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment to be granted the waiver, they must first obtain a Document of Understanding stating that this particular waiver from the President will be the last one given to ASUU and all other Education Sector Unions.
Ngelale said that the president aimed 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 deliberations between ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria,” citing the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy.
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