No Work No Pay Warning not new, ASUU replies FG, vows to continue Strike

By emmanuel MALAGU

The Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan (UI) Chapter, Dr Adefemi Afolab on Tuesday said there is no going back on the Two-Week Nationwide Warning Strike embarked upon by the Union.

Afolabi said that Members of the Union have complied with the Warning Strike.

“We have been duly and constantly carried along in Meetings called at the National Level and Members have also criticised the slow speed at which the Government has been treating the Matter.

“It is good to state that the Federal Government received the Report of the Committee that was set up to review the Report of the previous Committee that was set up in 2016 .

“The current Committee was set up in 2024 September to review the previous Committee Report and it was submitted in February 2025.

`This means that for eight months nothing has happened.

“The Union has made several efforts to contact People who we believe the Government will listen to apart from the efforts we’ve been making to get the implementation done on time,” he said.

According to Afolabi, the last Meeting at the National Level was on September 28 and it was at the Meeting a Decision was made to give the Government a Two- Week Ultimatum to sign the Draft Agreement of the Committee.

“If nothing is done within the stipulated time the Warning Strike will begin. All these were stated clearly to the Government hence the Warning Strike he said.

He added that the No Work No Pay Warning from the Government was not new.

“We will get by and by. The response we expected was that the Government would resolve the Matter and they have the leverage of power to sign the Agreement and also poses the Finances to pay Salaries of Universities which is the Core Issue here.

“So why is the Government waiting for this Warning Strike before issuing a No Work No Pay Warning.

`It’s unfortunate that that’s the type of response we get from the Government.

“We as ASUU or any Union will not want our Students to be outside of the University. Our joy is for them to finish their Education on time and graduate,” he said.

He, however, urged the Government to do the needful in order to end the recycling of Strikes.

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