Fed Govt Applies No work No pay Policy as Academic Unions Embark on Strike.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has told news men that, the Federal government has decided to apply the “No-work, No Pay” policy in compliance with  Section 43 of the Labour Law. The sanction is for any employee on strike or absent from duty post without due authorisation.

This came as a result of the two-week warning strike by the  Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU).

With the warning strike by SSANU  and NASU, activities in the nation’s public universities have been on halt. The Academic Staff Union of Universities and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) are already on strike over Federal Government’s failure to keep to their agreements with them.

According to Ngige, the actions of the unions amounted to “false leave” and a  declaration of forced holidays for students. He also reminded the members that the government was not “Father Xmas.”

In his words: “Anybody on strike now will not be paid in consonance with Section 43.

“What they (unions) are doing is false leave; they are forcing their employers to close down some of their universities and declare holiday for students because of that.

“So any one found guilty will not be paid. Government is not Father Christmas where you are not working and you expect to be paid.”