ASUU Commences Nationwide Strike Over Unpaid June 2025 Salaries
Abuja, Nigeria – July 8, 2025 – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has officially launched a nationwide strike, halting academic activities across Nigeria’s federal universities due to the non-payment of June 2025 salaries. The strike, which began on Monday, July 7, follows a resolution by ASUU’s National Executive Council (NEC) enforcing its “No Pay, No Work” policy, mandating service withdrawal if salaries are delayed beyond three days into a new month.
ASUU President, Professor Chris Piwuna, confirmed the action in Abuja, describing the salary delays as “deliberate and unacceptable” and attributing them to inefficiencies at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation. Despite engagements with the Minister of Education and other officials, no resolution has bee...