Nigerian lecturers under ASUU, have been paid their full salaries.The PUCNH reports that the lecturers have been paid in full for the month of November 2022. The PUNCH also gathered that the eight month arrears has still not been paid by the Federal government.
A senior member of the ASUU, working at the Bayero University, Kano disclosed this in an interview with the PUNCH in Abuja on Wednesday.
“Some of our members have started receiving salaries and I can confirm to you that we received our full salaries for the month of November. However, the arrears are still withheld,” he said.
The PUNCH alleged that there are still yet to pay the striking lecturers for the eight months which they were on strike.
On October 2022, the lecturers were also given half-pay according to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
The Nigerian Lecturers have been protesting against this actions taken by the Federal Government. The National Executive Council of the union is expected to hold a meeting in the coming days over the unpaid salaries.
ASUU strike was called off on the 14th of october after 8th months.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), had earlier said that though the strike was called off, there were still some proposal with the Federal Government which had not completely taking care of.
In a speech signed by the National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU, praised the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
The statement reads: “ The National Executive Council of ASUU held an emergency meeting at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja, on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
“The National Industrial Court, in its wisdom, gave an order compelling ASUU to resume work pending the determination of the substantive suit. Given the nature of the order, and in the opinion of our counsel, there was the need to appeal the interlocutory injunction granted against our union at the Court of Appeal.
“The Court of Appeal acknowledged the validity of the grounds of the union’s appeal but still upheld the order of the lower court and ordered our union to comply with the ruling of the lower court as condition precedent for the appeal to be heard.
“NEC noted the series of meetings with the leadership of the House of Representatives led by the Hon. Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as intervention efforts of other well-meaning Nigerians both within and outside the government and the progress made so far.”
