ASUU PROTESTS, ACCUSES NGIGE OF WITHHOLDING MEMBERS’ SALARIES 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday took to the streets in some parts of the country in peaceful protests against federal government’s decision to pay them half salaries.

ASUU had a few weeks ago raised the alarm that the federal government turned the university lecturers to casual workers by paying them a half-salary in the month of October.

But in its response, the government said they were being paid in pro-rata for the number of days they (lecturers) worked in October, having suspended its prolonged industrial action on October 14.

The lecturers, however, resolved to protest over the half-salary paid to them by the federal government, declaring lecture-free days in its branches across the country in a bid to draw the attention of Nigerians to the move.

They called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the government to as a matter of urgency and national interest resolve all outstanding issues with the union for the wellbeing of the nation so that the country will take its rightful place in the globe.

They stated clearly that they would continue to defend the University system and the Nigerian State through all legitimate means, adding categorically that they cannot be cowed by tyrants.