* Says lecturers not casual workers
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned what it described as ‘pro-rata’ payment of salaries of its members by the federal government.
It alleged that arising from the suspension of its eight-month-old strike, government approved 18 days as the October 2022 salaries for university teachers.
The union also said the government’s so-called ‘pro-rata’ payment is not only an aberration, but a contravention of all known rules of engagement in any contract of employment for academics the world over.
President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, who stated this after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which started on Monday and ended early Tuesday morning, said his members are not casual workers but intellectuals who cannot be paid on pro-rata basis.
The union leader was silent on whether they would embark on another strike, but appealed for the…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
