Payment of Half salary to lecturers: Three decisions ASUU may likely take against FG
- National Executive Council of the ASUU is set to meet to decide whether to embark on another strike or not
- The meeting, which will hold at the University of Abuja campus, comes on the heels of the October salary cut received by members of the union
- Recall that ASUU had on February 14, 2022, embarked on strike over previous agreements yet to be implemented by the government
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Following the payment of half salary to lecturers, the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to meet in Abuja on Monday, November 7..
The meeting will be held at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja, Punch Newspaper reports.
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During the meeting, lecturers would decide whether or not to resume strike following the payment of half salary by the government.
The purpose of the emergency meeting is to discuss the payment of half-salaries to the lecturers.
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Already, some branches across the country have held a congress to decide on the next steps to take.
A member of the NEC was quoted to have said:
“Officially, the national body did not tell branches to hold congress, but many of them started calling meetings following the receipt of the amputated salary by the government. We don’t have to go on strike; there are lots of options available.”
“We can decide to stay at home, we can decide to seize results, or we can decide to cancel the session since the government won’t pay the withheld salary and we can’t work for months that we weren’t paid for.”
FG ignores ASUU, begins payment of 8-month salary backlog to CONUA
In a move to spite the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government has commenced payment of the 8-month salary backlog to some lecturers who are members of Congress of University Academics (CONUA).
CONUA is the breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
A member of CONUA disclosed that the leadership of the union has already got a hint from the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
Half salary: Another strike looms as university ASUU issues stay-at-home order to members
Following the recent action of the federal government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos chapter has ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely.
Premium Times reports that that the ASUU branch made this known in a statement made signed by the branch chairperson, Professor Lazarus Maigoro.
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