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25% Pay Rise: We haven’t been informed — ASUU

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September 22, 2023

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has joined the ongoing strike embarked up from Monday, by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC. Organized labour have begun the industrial action, after the federal government’s failure to meet the unions’ minimum wage demand. In a statement addressed to the branch chairpersons and zonal coordinators of ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, has directed lecturers in universities across the country to join the strike as an affiliate of the congress. “The NLC has declared an indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, June 3, 2024, as a result of the failure of the government to conclude the renegotiation of minimum wage for Nigerian workers and reversal of hike in electricity tariff. Our branches are hereby enjoined to join in the strike action as an affiliate member of Congress. Consequently, branch chairpersons are to mobilise all members to participate in the strike action. Yours in the struggle,” it read.

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it had not been informed of any pay rise given lecturers in federal institutions.

ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in an interview with the press on Friday.

He was reacting to a circular issued by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation regarding the increment National Daily Newspaper gathered.

We have not been informed of such a development and when we are officially notified, we are going to react,” He added in his conversation..

However, the National President of the Congress of University Academics, CONUA, Dr Niyi Sunmonu, said he was aware of the circular.

He added that the pay rise was not enough, but that his union would not reject it.

“In fact, that circular ought to have taken effect many months ago the ASUU chairman added.

We met the then Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, over the matter.

The thinking then was that the circular would be made public last March, and the effective date of its effectiveness would be as from January this year and the arrears paid.

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What they are offering is not enough but we are not rejecting it. However, this is to be taken different from the general upward review of salaries of public workers in view of the current economic crunch in the country,” he said.