- Tinubu granted a waiver to ASUU and other Education Sector Unions, requiring a Document of Understanding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Labour and Employment.
- The DoU has declared that the President’s exceptional waiver will be the last to be granted to ASUU and other Education Sector Unions.
In response to the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) eight months of industrial action in 2022, President Bola Tinubu has accepted a partial wavier of the “No Work, No Pay” edict.
The approval, which was made in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Advisor to the President on Media and Publicity, was granted on the basis of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy and will result in university teachers receiving pay for four of the eight months of the year.
According to the statement, the president granted the partial waiver with a mandatory requirement that both the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding (DoU) that this would be the last of such waiver by the federal government.
The statement said: “Invoking the Principle of the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy, President Bola Tinubu has approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order that was instituted against striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the commencement of their eight-month industrial action which began on February 14, 2022, and was terminated on October 17, 2022.
“In view of his determination 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 fruitful deliberations between ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has directed the grant of an exceptional last waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order on ASUU, which will allow for the previously striking members of ASUU to receive four (4) months of salary accruals out of the eight months of salary which was withheld during the eight-month industrial action undertaken by the union.
“The president has directed the grant of the waiver with a mandatory requirement that the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding (DoU) establishing that this exceptional waiver granted by the President will be the last one to be granted to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and all other Education Sector Unions.”