‘ASUU members are thieves for demanding money they didn’t work for’ —Education Minister

Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, has compared members of the striking Academic Staff Union University, (ASUU), to thieves for demanding money they did not work for.

Opia who was reacting to one of the demands of the union that the Federal Government should pay them a backlog of six months salaries to cover the period they have been on strike, said only thieves will want to get paid for not doing anything.

The Minister made the assertion on Friday while delivering a lecture at the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL), Kogi State, and said, ‘the no work no pay policy’ adopted by the government is still effective and that the government would not shift its stand regarding the demands by ASUU.

Opiah expressed his dismay at the lingering strike by ASUU, and said the Federal Government has done its best to resolve the issues raised by the union but that the union has been adamant to call off the strike.

“The Federal Government cannot pay lecturers for what they did not work for. Only thieves demand to be paid without working.