The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is planning to call an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council in response to the Federal Government’s decision to pay academics half-pay for the month of October 2022, according to reliable sources.
Though no date has been set, Newsmen learned that the decision to call a meeting was made in response to the uproar that occurred when union members received half-pay in their accounts.
“I was astonished when I received an alert from my bank and I discovered that I got half wage; they didn’t even mention about the backlog of the eight months of the strike,” a source told our correspondent in Abuja.
ASUU Strike Looms Again As FG Pays Lecturers Half Salaries For October
Another source said, “It is true, I received half, In fact, some professors received salaries of N121,000; this is the fact, we are waiting for the decision of the national body, our members are very angry right now.”
Speaking with our correspondent in Abuja, ASUU National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed the development.
“Half salaries were paid, no reasons were given whatsoever. We learnt that Ngige wrote the office of the Accountant General and Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system and told them to only pay us for the period when we called off the strike.
“We heard there was a letter to that effect but we haven’t gotten it yet. We are going to summon a meeting.”
When Newsmen reached out to the Ministry of Education which serves as the supervisory ministry for universities, the spokesperson of the ministry said, “We don’t pay salary at the Ministry of Education. Kindly direct your question to the office of the Accountant General.”
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