Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has a chapter at the University of Jos (UNIJOS), has begun a new "strike" in order to protest the fact that its members were only paid half of their salary for the month of October. This "strike" is taking place in response to the fact that ASUU members at UNIJOS only received half of their pay for the month of October.

Along with this, the union is criticizing the government's unwillingness to pay the eight months' worth of compensation that was withheld as a result of the extended strike that was led by the union. In other words, the union is calling on the government to pay up.

On the other side, the union has declared that it will not call for a strike at this time, but that its members should continue to stay away from work until the alleged injustice is resolved.

A member of the chapter is Chris Piwuna, who had previously described the action taken by the government as being "humiliating, insulting, and embarrassing." Additionally, Piwuna holds the position of National Vice President of ASUU.

The chapter is the first to reply to what Nigerian academics have labelled "mangled pay" paid by the government for the month of October. This chapter can be found here.

They have indicated that the action that was taken by the government does not reflect the understanding that was reached before the strike was stopped, and this is the first time that they have received salary since the industrial action was suspended on October 14th.

They believe that the Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, is to blame for the "embarrassing treatment," and they have put the finger of blame in his direction.
After the completion of the congress that was held on Friday, ASUU-UNIJOS issued an order to its members on Saturday, instructing them to remain at home until their salaries are paid in full. This direction came after the congress came to a close on Friday. On the other hand, it was clear that they were not going to be taking part in any sort of strike. A portion of a statement that was signed by the chairman of the ASUU-UNIJOS chapter, Lazarus Maigoro, reads as follows: "In view of the bottleneck placed by Ngige towards paying our members the backlog of our salaries, the congress of ASUU University of Jos met on 4th November, 2022 and resolved to stay at home, though not on strike, until the backlog of the withheld salaries are paid." The statement was released after the congress of ASUU University

Mr. Maigoro claims that the lecturers have returned to their posts and are ready to begin working; however, they are unable to do so since they have not been paid in a timely manner.

According to him, the payment of the salaries that had been delayed was a part of the agreements that the union made with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, prior to the strike being discontinued. These agreements were reached in advance of the strike being terminated.

"Just so there is no space for misunderstanding, our employees are back at work, willing and ready to work, but they are unable to work at this time," the boss explained. The new academic timetable for the session 2020/2021 was authorized by the senate of the institution, and it stated that classes should have already begun by this point. However, due to the issue of not having sufficient money to pay salaries, our members have been unable to come into the classroom to teach. Unhappily, this indicates that the students who have already resumed their classes will have to wait indefinitely until the staff members' paychecks that were withheld from them are processed and paid to them, as stated in the statement. This means that the students who have already resumed their classes will not be able to attend their classes.

According to the labour union, Mr. Ngige was attempting to make the dispute between ASUU and the government about himself personally.