The Federal Government has commenced the payment of June 2025 salaries of university lecturers across the country.

A professor in the University of Benin confirmed to Nigeria News Source that he received his June salary on Monday.

“I have just been paid. I was paid about an hour ago,” the professor who would not be named said around 5:00 p.m. on Monday.

The payment apparently began shortly after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) invoked the “no pay, no work” policy, asking university lecturers to suspend lectures in their various campuses for as long as their salaries were delayed.

Lecturers at the University of Jos and the University of Abuja had downed tools in line with the directive, but resumed work after their salaries were paid, ASUU President Chris Piwuna confirmed on Tuesday.

Speaking in an interview, Piwuna clarified that ASUU had not declared an indefinite strike but was enforcing a “no pay, no work” policy in branches where June salaries remained unpaid, according to a Premium Times report.

He, however, warned that lecturers would stop work again if the Federal Government failed to pay their salaries by the end of July.

“This is not an indefinite strike. We have told our members to go by the ‘no pay, no work’ policy. If salaries are not paid by the end of July, we will stop work again. It’s that simple,” he said.

He noted that the current directive only affected branches where academic staff had not received their June salaries, confirming that lecturers in institutions where the outstanding payments had been cleared, such as the University of Abuja and the University of Jos, had resumed academic activities.

“Those who commenced the strike and their salaries have been paid are back to work. At least I can confirm to you that the University of Jos is back to work,” Piwuna said.

“Also, UniAbuja is not on strike because their salaries were paid yesterday. And many others across the country that their salaries have been paid. But all those who are being owed June salary are not at work,” he said.

ASUU, through the “no pay, no work” policy, is pushing the Federal Government to stop the delay in salary payments, which it said has affected the ability of academic staff to perform their duties.