Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Federal
Government to stop provoking members of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) in a dispute over wages.
Falana stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s
Politics Today, on Tuesday.
According to him, the lecturers should be paid their full
salaries for the months they were on strike.
Recall that ASUU members were on strike between February and
October this year, crippling academic activities in public universities across
Nigeria.
ASUU called off their eight-month strike on Oct. 14 after
the National Industrial Court (NIC) ordered the lecturers to resume.
However, the Federal Government paid half-salaries for the
month of Oct., angering ASUU members.
The Federal Government had explained that the lecturers were
paid based on the days they worked in the stated month.
But speaking on the development, Falana, a counsel to ASUU,
said on Tuesday, “The doctrine of ‘no work, no pay’ is totally inapplicable to
ASUU members.
“We are asking all Nigerians who mounted pressure on ASUU to
call off the strike . . . all of us have a duty to prevail on the government to
stop provoking the lecturers.”
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