The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has convened an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council in response to the Federal Government’s decision to pay professors half salaries.
According to ThePunch, the meeting date has not yet been determined.
The professors challenged the government for failing to pay them their full salary.Information Guide Nigeria
On Monday, February 14, 2022, ASUU initiated a strike to pursue government demands.
Eight months later, following a series of discussions between union members and the Federal Government, ASUU terminated its strike and instructed its members to begin work immediately.JAMB Result
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The decision to halt the strike was made days after an appeals court ordered the union to end its strike.
The union president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated that the eight-month-long strike has been suspended due to a court ruling.
He said, “The issues have not been fully resolved and no agreement has been signed. So, we are resuming because we are a law-abiding body and we don’t want to break the law. We are also hoping that the intervention of the speaker, as promised by him, will resolve these problems in a very short time”.
However, at the end of October, the lecturers received half salaries for the month.
Confirming the half salary they received, Osodeke said, “Half salaries were paid, no reasons were given whatsoever. We learnt that Ngige wrote the office of the Accountant General and Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system and told them to only pay us for the period when we called off the strike.
“We heard there was a letter to that effect but we haven’t gotten it yet. We are going to summon a meeting.”
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