The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ National Executive Council (ASUU NEC) has begun its meeting, Anaedoonline.ng has confirmed.
On Monday afternoon, around 12:40 p.m., the meeting began.
An NEC member confirmed this to our correspondent under the condition of anonymity. “The meeting has just begun,” the person claimed.
Strike Looms As ASUU Summons NEC Meeting Over Half-Salary
Anaedoonline.ng previously reported that ASUU called an emergency NEC meeting following the government’s payment of “half salary” to academics.
The union called the October 2022 pay raises “amputated and disrespectful.”
The minister of labor and employment, Chris Ngige, justified the government’s decision by stating that the lecturers were paid pro-rata.
However, ASUU’s principal counsel, human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, explained why the no work, no pay policy could not apply to ASUU in a statement posted on Sunday.
Falana said, “In justifying the payment of half salary to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for the month of October 2022, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has invoked the “no-work-no- pay” clause in section 43 of the Trade Disputes Act (Cap T8) Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
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“According to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the lecturers “were paid in pro rata to the number of days that they worked in October, counting from the day that they suspended their industrial action. Pro-rata was done because you cannot pay them for work not done. Everybody’s hands are tied.”
“The position of the Federal Government is factually faulty and legally misleading. Since the industrial action was called off the public universities have adjusted their calendars to ensure that the 2021/2022 academic session is not cancelled.
“Consequently, students are currently taking lectures or writing examinations that were disrupted during the strike of the ASUU. Therefore, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the ASUU strike the doctrine of “no work, no pay” is totally inapplicable as students who were not taught during the strike are currently attending lectures and writing examinations.
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