Members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Acedemic Staff Union of Polythecnics (ASUP) have started receiving credit alerts from their respective banks after the Federal Government commenced payments of their arrears.
ASUU have embarked on a strike action against the Federal Government to protest and make some demands bordering on the welfare packages of its members as well as the overall development of the education sector.
Few months after ASUU commenced its strike, the academic staff association in polytechnics (ASUP) followed their lead and also declared a warning strike action against the government to table their own demands too.
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The Education sector of Nigeria over the past few months has been brought to its knees as a result of the strike actions, with all universities being shut since February 2022.
Several meetings between the striking unions and the government have been held to ensure the strikes are being called off. Nigerian students across the country have also embarked on protests and threatened to disrupt flight activities in the country if the government does not find a solution to the strikes.
In the latest development toward ending the strikes, the government has been said to have commenced the payment of arrears owed to the striking lecturers.
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The National President of ASUP, Dr. Anderson Ezeibe, and the Chairman, ASUU FUTMinna, Dr. Gbolahan Bolarin, confirmed the payment to PUNCH on Thursday.
The ASUP Chairman however explained that the payment was only the beginning and the government is expected to attend to all their other demands.
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He said, “The government has started responding. They just started paying the salary/minimum wage arrears, the one they have refused to pay.
“However, that is just one of the demands, so we have not reached anywhere. They have not attended to the others, but I can confirm that people have started receiving alerts of the arrears owed.”
The ASUU Chaiman of FUTMINNA, Dr. Bolarin, also noted that while some of his members have started receiving arrears, they are yet to receive their monthly salaries which was witheld by the government.
“Some of my members got alert of their minimum wage arrears; their salaries are still pending,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has through its management announced a pull out from the ongoing ASUU strike.
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In a circular which was signed by the Registrar of the school, Kayode Ogunleye, the school asked all staff and students to resume academic session on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
“Upon the directive of the visitor to the university, the management hereby informs all staff and students that the university will continue its academic activities for the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic session on Thursday, May 26, 2022”, the circular partly reads.
“The amended academic calendar for the session will soon be made available. Staff and students are hereby enjoined to abide by this directive,” it added.
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