ASUU to declare lecture-free day over withheld salaries

Our reporter| The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday said it will declare lecture-free day across tertiary institutions to express its reservations over non-payment of its salaries.

Moyosore Ajao, chairman of ASUU at the University of Ilorin, who confirmed the development, said it won’t be on the same day for all institutions.

“It won’t be at the same time. Every branch will do their own on a different day. It’s just within the campus. It’s just making a statement,” he said.

Commenting on the development, Olajide Oshundun, head of press and public relations, federal ministry of labour and employment, had said ASUU members were paid their October salary pro-rata and not half salary as reported.

“They were paid pro-rata according to the number of days they worked in October,” Oshundun had said.

ASUU had embarked on strike in February, which was later suspended following a court order in October.

Before the suspension of the strike, the federal government had threatened to invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ policy.

After the suspension of the strike, the lecturers had said they got part-payment of one month salary.