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  • ASUU: Falana speaks on Federal Government’s ‘no work, no pay’ policy

    ASUU: Falana speaks on Federal Government’s ‘no work, no pay’ policy

    Senior lawyer,  Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the Federal Government not to provoke the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the half payment they received for October whilst still withholding about eight months salaries.

    The human rights activist mentioned this while appearing on Channels TV’s politics today on Tuesday night.

    He asked the FG to pay lecturers the withheld salaries, saying that’s the right thing to do.

    Recall that ASUU embarked on eight-month academic strike action starting from February 14 till October 14 making it exactly eight months that the strike lasted.

    ASUU called off their eight-month strike on Oct. 14 after the National Industrial Court (NIC) ordered the lecturers to resume.

    However, the Federal Government paid half-salaries for the month of Oct. to the surprise of  ASUU.

    Meanwhile, the Federal Government  explained that the lecturers were paid based on the days they worked in the stated month.

    But speaking on the development, Falana, a counsel to ASUU, said on Tuesday, “The doctrine of ‘no work, no pay’ is totally inapplicable to ASUU members.

    “We are asking all Nigerians who mounted pressure on ASUU to call off the strike ,all of us have a duty to prevail on the government to stop provoking the lecturers.”

    Reports say that the FG is planning to pay members of CONUA their salary arrears creating an impression that they didn’t join ASUU to observe the eight months strike.

    Meanwhile, speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila is still intervening on the matter and assured something will be done about it.

  • Half Payment: UNIJOS ASUU orders members to stay-off work

    Half Payment: UNIJOS ASUU orders members to stay-off work

    The  University of Jos Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) on Friday ordered its members to stay off work pending when the full payment of withheld salaries will be paid by the Federal Government.

    This was made known via a statement signed and released by the institution’s branch president, Prof Lazarus Maigoro on Friday.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that lecturers in many Nigerian universities complained of collecting half salary for the month of October.

    According to the UNIJOS’ statement, the government is already reneging on the promise made before the strike was called-off.

    The statement partly reads, “One of the issues agreed at the meeting was that 50 per cent of the backlog of eight months arrears of our withheld salaries would be paid to our members immediately but as of the time of writing this press release, only 17 days prorated October salary was paid to our members by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

    “Having stayed for about nine months running now, our members in the University of Jos considered this an insult to them by the Accountant Gereral of the Federation.

    “Is the Accountant General of the Federation actually answerable to the Minister of Labour? So, if today the Minister of Agriculture directs the Accountant General of the Federation to withhold the salaries of the staff of the Agricultural Research Institutes who have been on strike for over a year, will he obey that?

    “We wonder why Ngige is keen about withholding the salaries of ASUU members because members of staff of some Agricultural Research Institutes have been on strike for almost a year but they have been receiving their salaries regularly. Is this policy only for ASUU members?

    “We are also aware that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, wrote a memo to the Accountant General asking him to pay our members only from the day we suspended the strike.’’

  • Half Payment: ASUU set to clash with Federal Government again

    Half Payment: ASUU set to clash with Federal Government again

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) may be gunning for another showdown with the Federal Government after its members only got paid for just 18 days in October.

    This is coming two-weeks after the body called -off its eight-month -old strike action.

    The union called off its eight-month strike on October 14, 2022, after the intervention by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

    Recall  that the Nigerian government had insisted on implementing the ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy for the period the university workers were away from their duty posts.

    However, the Speaker waded into the imbroglio between the Union and the FG after all negotiations had failed.

    Gbajabiamila had assured the lecturers that they would get whatever it’s due them accordingly.

    However, things took a new turn on Thursday when feelers came in that the FG didn’t keep to its word, as ASUU members were paid a half month salary.

    A senior member of the ASUU at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, confirmed the development to newsmen, yesterday.

    He noted that the government only paid half salary for the month of October.

    “The much I know, those who have called me said they were paid only for eighteen days for the month of October,” he said.

    Another academic staff member added: “Yes, I only received 18 working days salary, that’s what they paid me; my colleague received the same.”

    The UNILAG chapter of the union described the development as “insensitive and disheartening” on its Twitter page.

    The UNILAG branch chairperson, Dele Ashiru wrote: “The leadership of the union at the national level has been duly informed about this unfortunate development and they are on top of the issue”.

    At the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, (UDU), Sokoto, the Union has accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of attempts to create disharmony among its members.

    There were reports of selective and biased payment of lecturers’ salaries at the university, with some lecturers in the College of Public Health and Medicine receiving all their outstanding salaries.

    Ngige had said those categories of workers didn’t participate in the Union’s strike.

    To address the issue and come up with a plan, ASUU has called a nationwide Congress in its various branches on Tuesday next week to take a decision on the matter.

  • ASUU: Federal Government pays lecturers half salaries for October

    ASUU: Federal Government pays lecturers half salaries for October

    The imbroglio between the Federal Government  and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) is far from over as lecturers were only paid half of October salary.

    A senior member of the ASUU at one of the nation’s universities’  confirmed this to pressmen, saying that the government only paid half salaries for the month of October.

    “Yes, I only received 18 working days salary, that’s what they paid me,” he said.

    Recall that ASUU had called off its eight-month-old strike on October 14, 2022, after the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

    Moreso, most universities only announced resumption a week after the strike was called off.

    ASUU has been clamouring for the salary arrears of the eight month period that they spent on strike but the FG is yet to yield to their demands.