The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to down its tools if the federal government continues to ignore their three-and-a-half months’ salary owed in 2022.
ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke on a National TV was quite displeased with the Federal Government on their refusal to pay them four months while withholding three and a half months owed during their eight-month strike in 2022.
“It’s not about paying four months out of the seven-and-half months’ withheld salaries,” Osodeke said.
“Every university in Nigeria today is in the 2023/2024 academic year which means that by September/October, they will be in the 2024/2025 academic year.
The implication of this is that all the work for which we were not paid when we were on strike, we have covered them by making sacrifices.
“None of our members have gone on leave in the past three to four years, we have not gone on vacation so that we can cover the work that we didn’t do while we were on strike which we have covered. You can check, ask the students.
But when you said you are paying four out of seven-and-half, I don’t think you are being fair to us,” the ASUU president stated, adding that the two-week ultimatum to the government began on May 13, 2024.” He added.
