ASUU Meets Today To Discuss FG’s Payment Of Half Salaries

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) is set to meet in Abuja today to decide whether or not to resume strike due to Federal government paying members of the union half  salaries.

The meeting will take place at the union’s headquarters at the University of Abuja.

Already, some branches across the country have held a congress to decide on the next steps to take.

The branch at the University of Jos, for instance, resolved that the lecturers stay home pending the payment of withheld salaries by the government; the branch at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University resolved that the 2021-2022 academic session be abolished, and the Gombe State University ASUU resolved that the examination results of students be seized.

A member of the NEC who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “Officially, the national body did not tell branches to hold congress, but many of them started calling meetings following the receipt of the amputated salary by the government. We don’t have to go on strike; there are lots of options available.”