NLC Warns FG Against ‘No Work, No Pay’ Threat, Backs ASUU Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the Federal Government’s threat to apply the “No Work, No Pay” policy against striking university lecturers, saying intimidation cannot resolve the ongoing crisis in public universities.

Reacting to the two-week warning strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), NLC President Joe Ajaero said the lecturers were only responding to the government’s failure to honour agreements freely reached with the union.

“The breach of contract lies with the state, not the scholars,” Ajaero said. “Lecturers are willing to work, but the government’s refusal to meet its obligations has made it impossible to do so with dignity. The principle remains clear: No Pay, No Work.”

He warned that the NLC would convene an emergency meeting if the government fails to act within the two-week strike window, adding that the struggle for quality public education “is the struggle of the Nigerian working class.”