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16 November 2022
The Federal Government has maintained its position that the lecturers would not be paid for work not done.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, stated this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja.
This is coming amidst the ongoing protests by the Academic Staff Union of Universities over part payment of salaries by the Federal Government in October,
The part payment followed the suspension of ASUU’s eight-month strike, in line with an order by the National Industrial Court for the lecturers to return to work.
The Minister of Education insisted that the strike has been called off and the government has paid the Lecturers what is due to them..
“The position of the government is not to pay anyone for work not done and they only did the number of days that they were paid’ Adamu said.
He also debunked the allegations by the National President of ASUU, Prof, Emmanuel Osodoke that the part payment was simply a tactic to casualise lecturers in the university system saying that the government held no such plans.
“How can anybody make a university lecturer a casual worker? It is impossible to make a university lecturer a casual worker.” The Minister reiterated.
It will be recalled that the National President of ASUU, Prof, Emmanuel Osodoke on Tuesday, criticised the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over his alleged authorisation of the part-payment of salaries to members of the union.
Osodeke however expressed confidence that the agitations of the union would be resolved in the interest of students, parents, and the country.
According to him, professors on the same salary scale were paid varying amounts, such as N200,000, N180,000, and N90,000.
