All is not well with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) despite their resumption to work in October as their salaries were not fully paid.
ASUU suspended its eight months strike on October 14, 2022 but when their salaries were to be paid, it was half payment.
Amid the back-and-forth over the union’s demands, the federal government had threatened not to pay the lecturers for the strike period, but a review of the decision was said to be under consideration.
The decision to suspend the strike came days after the court of appeal sitting in Abuja ordered the union to call off its strike.
Members of the union, who spoke with TheCable on Thursday, said despite the suspension of the strike, the government is yet to pay them full salaries.
Moyosore Ajao, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) ASUU chairman, confirmed the development.
“I’m yet to get mine but some of us who have received theirs got half salaries for October. We don’t know why they have to pay us half salary,” he told TheCable.
A lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), who did not want to be named, also confirmed that he did not get full salary. The UNN lecturer, however, said it wasn’t clear what month the pay was for.
“What I got is not exactly half of my salary. But then, it’s not up to my usual salary. Basically, they didn’t pay full salary, that’s the right word for it. The month was also not specified,” the lecturer said.
Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU president, was not available for comment as of the of this report as his phone number was not reachable.
Last month, Osodeke had said ASUU suspended its strike because of a court order asking it to do so.
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