President Bola Tinubu has approved the partial waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” policy enacted against members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in federal universities following the commencement of their eight-month industrial action on February 14, 2022 before its suspension on October 17, 2022.
The president has also directed the grant of an exceptional last waiver of the ‘No Work, No Pay’ order on ASUU, which would pave the way for members of ASUU to receive four months of salary accruals out of the eight months, which was withheld during the strike.
Spokesman for the president, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja.
Ngelale said Tinubu invoked the “presidential prerogative of mercy” to waive “no work, no pay” rule slapped on ASUU over a year ago by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“Invoking the principle of the presidential prerogative of mercy, President Bola Tinubu has approved the waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” Order that was instituted against striking members of NARD on 1 August, 2023, following the commencement of their industrial action which began on 26 July, 2023.
“After several constructive engagements between the federal government and NARD, the resident doctors called off their strike on 12 August. The office of the accountant general of the federation was directed to withhold all salaries accrued by striking NARD members during the 17 days of their strike action.
“In view of the faithful implementation of terms which were agreed upon during the fruitful deliberations between the resident doctors and the federal government of Nigeria, President Tinubu has directed the grant of an exceptional last waiver of the “No Work, No Pay” order on resident doctors, which will allow for the members of the NARD to receive the salaries which were previously withheld during the 17-day strike action,” Ngelale said.
