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The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned in its entirety, the half salary being paid to lecturers across the country after its eight-month-long strike.
The union also described the payment made to its members by the Federal Government of Nigeria as an aberration that makes the lecturers casual workers.
ASUU has described the payment of half salary to lecturers as reducing Nigerian scholars to casual workers.
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In a statement released on Monday, November 7, 2022 ASUU regretted the response of the government towards its members’ demonstration of trust.
It said that the so-called ‘pro-rata’ payment for eighteen days as the October salary of academics, only seeks to portray its members as daily paid workers.
Lecturers are not casual workers, The union’s statement titled:
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“We Are Intellectuals, Not Casual Workers”, accused the Nigerian government of being in contravention of all known rules of engagement for the employment of academics.
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