The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced its meeting over the payment of “half salaries” to lecturers by the federal government.
According to The PUNCH, the meeting started around 12:40 pm on Monday afternoon at the University of Abuja.
A member of NEC made this known in an interview with our correspondent under anonymity. “The meeting just started”, the newspaper reported.
The agenda of the meeting is to decide whether ASUU should go back on strike due to the half payment.
ASUU had summoned an emergency NEC meeting following the payment of “half salaries” to lecturers by the government.
The union had described the October 2022 salaries as “amputated and insensitive.”
Justifying the government’s decision, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, noted that the government paid the lecturers pro-rata.
More to come…