The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted the Federal government’s half-salary payment implementation, following the recent protracted industrial action.
The union has consequently fixed an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting for Monday November 7, 2023 to deliberate on the salary cut.
The government, explaining its reason for not paying full salaries to the lecturers, said in a statement the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment issued on Saturday that members of ASUU were paid their October salary “pro-rata”.
The government said pro-rata was enforced because the lecturers cannot be paid for work not done.
The statement read, “Following the ruling of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria asking ASUU to go back to work, the leadership of the union wrote to the Minister, informing him that they have suspended the strike.
“The Federal Ministry of Education wrote to him in a similar vein…
