The Federal Government (FG) has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of university lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday.
The chairperson of ASUU at Bayero University Kano, (BUK), Prof. Ibrahim Tajo confirmed the development on Monday.
Prof. Tajo said most lecturers have been receiving the payment.
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“Yes, the payment commenced over the weekend as some of us received the payment late on Saturday night, Prof. Tajo said.
“Two months outstanding salary has been paid out of the eight months withheld.’’
”We hope the rest payment will be effected.”
President Bola Tinubu Tinubu had in October 2023 approved the release of four of the eight months’ ASUU withheld workers’ salaries.
The salaries were withheld when the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari invoked a ‘No Work, No Pay policy’ against some university-based unions that embarked on a strike that lasted eight months in 2022.
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