“No resumption until our withheld salaries are paid” – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities
on Sunday said it would not end the strike
it embarked on until government paid all
the salaries of its members it withheld.

The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun
Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview with
our correspondent in Lagos, said
government should not expect the
lecturers to resume without paying the
withheld salaries.

Recall that there were reports on
November 27 that the union had agreed
to end its strike following the Federal
Government’s promise to release N70bn
to ASUU as earned allowance.

But Ogunyemi on Sunday explained that
the members were still consulting and at
the same time waiting for the government
to fulfil its promise of releasing members
withheld salaries

“We are still consulting, we have not
finished consultation, by the end of this
week we shall make our report public.
There are promises government made
with dates. Government promised to
release salaries of our members. The
withheld salaries have not been paid and
we need to have information on that.
Government should not expect us to
resume without releasing our salaries.”

He emphasised that once the timeline
expired this week without the salaries
being paid, the union would take a final
decision.

Ogunyemi also said that he could not
determine when ASUU would suspend the
strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities
on Sunday said it would not end the strike
it embarked on until government paid all
the salaries of its members it withheld.

The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun
Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview with
our correspondent in Lagos, said government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the withheld salaries.

Recall that there were reports on November 27 that the union had agreed to end its strike following the Federal Government’s promise to release N70bn to ASUU as earned allowance.

But Ogunyemi on Sunday explained that
the members were still consulting and at
the same time waiting for the government
to fulfil its promise of releasing members
withheld salaries

“We are still consulting, we have not
finished consultation, by the end of this
week we shall make our report public.
There are promises government made with dates. Government promised to release salaries of our members. The withheld salaries have not been paid and we need to have information on that. Government should not expect us to resume without releasing our salaries.”

He emphasised that once the timeline expired this week without the salaries being paid, the union would take a final decision.

Ogunyemi also said that he could not
determine when ASUU would suspend the
strike.