No-work-no-pay policy only condition delaying FG/ASUU truce – Education Minister

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the implementation of the federal government’s ‘no-work-no-pay’ policy is the only condition delaying the truce with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

Adamu said ASUU had not called off the strike because of their demand that all salaries during the industrial action be paid, a request the minister said the government turned down.

The minister said other issues had been sorted out with the union.

Adamu, however, said that four of five unions in the tertiary institutions across the country had agreed to call off strike within the next one week, adding that such decision can only be announced after meeting with their executives.

On the question of compensating students for time wasted from the six-month strike, he said it was the responsibility of ASUU to do that and not the Federal Government.

The minister said the affected students should “take ASUU to court” to get compensated for the time wasted.

According to him, the federal government bears no liability to compensate millions of students grounded for six months over lost time.

He spoke on Thursday while featuring at the 47th Session of the State House Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.