The Federal Government has started disbursing the salaries that were previously withheld from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, the chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, confirmed this development, stating that payments have commenced.

In October 2023, President Bola Tinubu had approved the payment of four out of eight months salary that was owed to members of the Association.

The administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari instituted a “No Work, No Pay policy” amid an eight-month strike by some university-based unions in 2022, which resulted in the withholding of salaries.

Recently, there was a 35% increase of salary for university workers this was made known by the Minister of Education, Mr. Tahir Mamman.

He added that Universities now enjoy an autonomy, having been removed from the Integrated Payment and Payroll Information Sysyem IPPIS.

Furthermore, he noted that Universities no longer need a waiver for recruitment purposes.

Mamman noted that these agreements were made through informal dialoging with the unions in Tertiary institutions.