The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was sued after an eight-month strike by the university teaching staff union in 2022, and the National Industrial Court (NIC) maintained the Nigerian government’s “no work, no pay” stance.
In response to ASUU’s demand for payment of their salaries from February 14 to October 7, 2022, when the strike was called off, the Nigerian Government filed a lawsuit against ASUU before the NIC.
The Nigerian government, led by former President Muhammadu Buhari, maintained on enforcing its “no work, no pay” policy against the lecturers even though the union insisted on receiving salary for each month of their strike.
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The Industrial Court ruled that the no work, no pay policy that the Nigerian government used to ASUU members who went on strike in 2022 is valid in its decision regarding a lawsuit the government had brought against the union.
The Nigerian government is allowed to withhold workers’ salaries when they engage in industrial action, according to a ruling by the court’s president, Justice Benedict Kanyip.
The Nigerian government’s attempt to force the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) platform on ASUU members who reserve the right to decide how their salaries should be paid is, according to the court, a violation of university autonomy.
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