The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union has said that its members will not be intimidated by the Federal Government’s no-work-no-pay rule of the Federal Government.

The union, in a statement addressed to lecturers in federal colleges of education across the country, claimed that its members had been receiving “fractional and mutilated salaries” for some years.

It described the government’s decision not to pay striking lecturers as a sign of insensitivity to the labour force of the country.

The COEASU National President, Mr NuhuOgirima, in the release obtained by our correspondent, called on all the members of the Union across the country to prepare for a prolonged battle.