The Federal Government has released the June 2025 salaries of lecturers and other workers in tertiary institutions, prompting members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work across affected campuses. This follows a prolonged delay in salary payments for over five months, attributed to the migration from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) by the Office of the Accountant General. ASUU branches, including those at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, the Federal University Kashere, and the University of Jos, confirmed that salaries have now been paid and instructed their members to return to work.
Dr Haruna Angulu, branch chairperson of ASUU at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, confirmed that members had resumed duties following the June salary payment. Similarly, memos from ASUU in the Federal University, Kashere, and from the bursary office in the University of Jos indicated that payments had been made, effectively ending the no-pay-no-work stance earlier declared by affected branches.
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, commended the improved atmosphere across tertiary institutions, attributing it to “sustained dialogue, mutual respect, and genuine commitment by the present administration to address the demands of academic and non-academic staff unions.” He emphasized that the relative stability witnessed over the past two years was unprecedented, stating, “It is not by coincidence that Nigerian public tertiary institutions have remained open and stable for the past two years, something that has not happened in several decades.”
Reaffirming the government’s commitment to the education sector, Dr Alausa said, “We are meeting demands in phases, and we are doing so respectfully and consistently.” He added that the welfare of both academic and non-academic staff remains a top priority, aligning with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for human capital development. “Our children are the heartbeat of the nation, and their uninterrupted education is non-negotiable. The Federal Government will continue to work closely with all unions in the education sector to ensure that the gates of our institutions remain open,” the minister concluded.
