The federal government reaffirmed on Thursday that it will not give in to the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ demand to be reimbursed the backlog of pay withheld during the ongoing strike.
It cited the no-work-no-pay policy as the only stumbling block in the FG-ASUU talks.
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, announced this at the 47th State House Ministerial Media Briefing organized by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.
“All contentious issues between the government and ASUU had been settled except the quest for members’ salaries for the period of strike to be paid, a demand that Buhari has flatly rejected,” Adamu explained.
He argued that ASUU went on strike despite the Buhari regime and agencies such as TETFUND and UBEC directly investing trillions of naira in education.
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Adamu also disclosed that five of the six striking university-based unions will likely return to work within the next one week, whereas ASUU’s remains uncertain.
According to him, the FG rejected ASUU’s demand to be paid the backlog of emoluments for the past five months because it believes that there should be penalties for their actions.
He, however, noted that consultations were still ongoing among ASUU members to determine when to call off the strike.
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