Enugu – Staff of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, will receive their December salary before Christmas day, www.esutmonitor.com  can authoritatively report.

Since assuming office as the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie has made it a duty that the staff in the institution celebrated Christmas and new year festivities with their December salary.

TheVC therefore disclosed that ESUT staff will receieve their December salary on  December 23, 2025.

Professor Okolie disclosed this on Friday while hosting the Inaugural Lecturers during this year’s “Distinguished Inaugural Lecturers Party” at the ESUT Business School, Enugu.

The VC while appreciating the commitment and support of the professors and all staff of the university during the outgoing year, also announced that the management has given approval for all outstanding promotional arrears to be paid in January 2026.

“In keeping with the tradition of the administration since we came on board, the management approved this morning (Friday) the payment of staff December salaries on 23rd of December. We shall pay it.

“On the strength of that, Management will be doing one thing in January which will be payment of all the money for 2021 promotion arrears. We are going to pay it in January, all the remaining ones, we shall pay them off! We have been reducing the payment; we were paying 5 to 6 million every month till now. We had already directed the Bursary to work out the value for the remaining staff so that either we pay it before the salary or as we are paying January salary.

“I want to use this opportunity to thank you, Distinguished Professors, and the entire staff of ESUT, for their support in the outgoing year. The little we achieved wouldn’t have been possible without your support,” he said.

The VC also thanked the University Alumni Association for their support particularly for donating the sum of ₦10 million to the management during the 2025 Convocation Ceremony held on November 22.

Meanwhile the Enugu State University of Science and Technology on Friday, December 19, 2025 embarked on a two-week Christmas Break. Academic activities will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026

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Enugu – The seamless academic activities that has projected the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, as the best among its contemporaries in the country could be punctured as the unions in the university have threatened to embark on an I definite strike from Saturday, January 18, 2025.

The threat to embark on the industrial action was contained in a circular issued by the the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of all unions on campus dated 17th December, 2024.

According to the letter tagged “Notice of Strike/Industrial Dispute”, jointly signed by all the chairmen and Secretaries of all the four unions on campus – Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT); Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU – and addressed to the Vice-Chancellor, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, noted that the decision to embark on Indefinite strike was the management’s failure to respond to their demands .

The unions noted that should the management fail to act on their demands by defraying the outstanding arrears owed to ESUT workers at the expiration of the one month notice, between December 18 2024 and January 18 2025, the unions may not have any other option than to embark on indefinite strike

The circular reads;

NOTICE OF STRIKE/INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE

The Joint action Committee of all unions on Campus hereby wish to notify you and your management that the patience of all Esut workers who are represented in all the unions on Campus have been stretched Beyond their elasticity Limit.

It is close to (3) years (three) since you assumed office as the vice-chancellor of our premier University. The unions had on several occasions brought to your notice that we are being owned backlog of arrears of entitlements but unfortunately, all our appeals to you and your management to start addressing this demands has fallen on deaf ears.

Sir, the purpose of this communication is to notify you that you have between today, 17th day of Dec. 2024 and 18th day of Jan. 2025 to defray the outstanding arrears owed to Esut workers.

At the expiration of this one month notice, the unions may not have any other option than to embark on indefinite strike

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

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