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Another round of dispute seems to be brewing in the education sector as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the Federal Government through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to pay outstanding promotion arrears owed its members or risk industrial unrest and disharmony in Nigerian universities.
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Nigerian Government to review the recent hike in Federal University fees.
NUC says ASUU’s claims of no official communication from NUC to the Universities on the review of the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard (BMAS) is false.
ASUU has dismissed the Students Loam Act recently signed by President Bola Tinubu, saying that the loan is impracticable and unsustainable.
The court while upholding the no work no rule said the Federal Government has the right to withhold salaries of workers who embark on strike.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to explain to Nigerians where N132 billion out of the N320.3 billion just released by the Federal Government for tertiary institutions in the country is going.
Registered its opposition to the proposed introduction of education loans in the university system
The 8-month salary arrears that members of ASUU have been agitating for still remain unpaid by the federal government.
The union has called on well-meaning Nigerians to put pressure on the federal government to pay its members’ withheld 8-month salaries
They warned they would not give up the fight against FG until withheld salaries are fully paid
The ASUU president confirmed that the part payment was the first salary paid to union members since the strike commenced
In defense of the pro-rata payment to ASUU members in October, the government said lecturers cannot be paid for work not done