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‘Pro-Rata’ Payment: ASUU to embark on nationwide protest
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest over the payment of half salaries to lecturers by the Federal Government in October.
The National President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke confirmed the development on Monday.
According to him, the planned protest was organised at the branch levels of ASUU nationwide and each branch of the academic union would choose their dates.
The chairman of ASUU, the University of Lagos chapter, Dr Dele Ashiru also confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday.
He said for his chapter, the protest will hold on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at the Julius Berger auditorium in UNILAG.
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Ashiru noted that the action is necessary to protest the “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers activated by the Federal Government.
ASUU had earlier slammed the Federal Government for paying half salaries to lecturers in October.
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The union condemned the ‘pro-rata’ payment to its members and accused the government of an attempt to reduce Nigerian scholars to casual workers.
ASUU had on October 14, 2022, called off its eight-month-old strike after the National Industrial Court ordered the lecturers to resume.
The union, however, said the response of the government, especially its ‘pro-rata’ payment of October salaries of academics, portrayed them as casual workers.
The Federal Government, on the other hand, defended the pro-rata payment to ASUU members in October, saying they cannot be paid for work not done.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, through the ministry’s spokesman, Olajide Oshundun, also dismissed media reports that the government was biased in paying the university teachers.
“They were paid in pro-rata to the number of days that they worked in October, counting from the day that they suspended their industrial action,” the statement partly read.
“Pro-rata was done because you cannot pay them for work not done. Everybody’s hands are tied,” he said.
