discontent with the non-payment of their September salary. At the same time, they remain adamant over their demands which led to their current strike.
Talking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi, the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of...
Universities (ASUU) in BSU, Dr Samuel Ikoni, said the non-payment of the September was worrisome and caused
some hardship to the lecturers.
"It is unclear if the non-payment of our salary is connected to the
no-work-no-pay threat issued by Gov Gabriel Suswam some weeks ago," he
said.
Suswam had ordered the lecturers to return to work or forfeit their
salary. But the lecturers, did not follow the order, insisting that
their continued participation in the strike was for the benefit of the
BSU.
Ikoni, however, noted that the non-payment of salary was not peculiar
to ASUU members alone, as members of the non-academic staff union were
yet to receive their salary too.
He stressed that the lecturers' salary payment schedule, which was
taken to the bank, did not have "a cash backing'' to enable payment.
It will be reminded, that ASUU has embarled upon an indefinite strike
since June 30, 2013. The lecturers protest against the FG's failure to
honour a 2009 agreement signed between it and ASUU in 2009 pertaining
to issues of university funding and improvement of infrastructure in
the sector.
How long would the lecturers be able to survive without their salary? This is getting out of hand
ReplyDelete@philip as lng as d strike continues
ReplyDeleteAsuu never see,dnt worry d wil smel p.no work no pay.kudos fg
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