When will Tinubu pay ASUU members the four months salary?

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President Bola Ahmad Tinubu approved the payment of four months of the eight months withheld salary of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in 2023, but the staff didn’t receive anything for almost four months after the promise.

The Government of former president, Muhammadu Buhari owed ASUU eight months salary following court directive of “no-work- no-pay.”

In his commitment towards improving education in Nigeria and to tackle incessant strikes in Nigerian tertiary institutions; President Bola Ahmad Tinibu through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said the president had approved the payment of four months of the eight months withheld salary of the university staff during the tenure of Muhammadu Buhari.

But, despite the approval of the four months salary payment for the university staff, which the presidency said was due to the commitment of the Tinubu’s government to reduce the hardship and economic stress of the staff is yet to be paid for a long period of four months.

The university academic workers said the never thought the payment will take this longer period for the president to fulfill the promise made.

The Nigerian university staff had spent 628 working days on strike through out the eight years ruling of Muhammadu Buhari.

Nigerian tertiary institutions workers faces economic crises because of the economic condition in the country since the removal of the fuel subsidy in the country by the present government.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu had promised during his presidential campaigns to improve educational system in the country and tackle the incessant strikes in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. Some of the majors taken by the current government in fulfilling its promises is signing the student loan bill, promise to pay four months of the eight months ASUU workers’ withheld salary, approval of N683bn Intervention Fund for tertiary Schools for the year 2024 and the removal of the tertiary institutions staff from the IPPIS to curtail the hardship of the academic staff,

While, the government pay the N35, 000 monthly palliative stipend twice to some universities, colleges of education, the government paid polytechnics once.

While, tertiary staff leaders are seeking for increment of salary for their staff, the Nigeria Labor Congress, NLC is in logger head with the Federal Government to continue the payment of the palliative stipend and increase minimum wage for workers from N35. 000 to N200, 000.

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