ASUU Exco Meetings, Lecturers' Home-Based Work, and Half-Salary

The reduced payments have prompted reactions from several ASUU chapters, which have labeled them as dishonest and disrespectful.

The Federal Government had argued that lecturers cannot be paid for days when they are not teaching in order to support the payment of prorated salary.

Olajide Oshundun, the head of press and public relations at the Ministry of Labour and Employment, said in a statement that the lecturers' salaries began to be calculated on October 14th, the day they concluded their strike.

As a result, the University of Jos chapter of ASUU instructed its members to remain at home, which signals a new strike.

The National Executive Council will reportedly convene today to make a major decision over the most recent development.

Dr. Kayode Esuola, an ASUU member and Senior Research Fellow at UNILAG's Institute of Africa and Diaspora Studies, stated in an interview that although the lecturers made the decision to comply with the court's order to resume work, the federal government has demonstrated that it cannot be relied upon to carry out the various recommendations made thus far.

According to Dr. Esuola, the academics are eagerly anticipating the results of the meeting of the ASUU national leadership.
Yomi Fawehinmi, a development consultant, commented on the most recent development and stated that because the existing arrangement is ineffective, it is high time both sides adopted another negotiating strategy.

Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, has acknowledged that he has fallen short of expectations.

Despite being the longest-serving Minister in the industry, he expressed remorse about his failure to address a number of problems.

At the 66th National Council on Education (NCE) in Abuja, Adamu made this statement.

He expressed concern about the fact that, despite taking office as minister of education seven years ago with the intention of addressing the various problems that face the educational system, notably the problem of out-of-school children, he has, sadly, fallen short of all expectations.

However, he pointed out that there were several contributing elements, of which the United States' education commissioners were most likely the major one.

The Minister has also ordered the removal of all sexual education-related material from the curriculum being taught in Nigerian schools. He disapproved of those who advocated for sexual education, claiming that it was unnecessary and should not be promoted.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities' (ASUU) national leadership has announced that a meeting would be held shortly to discuss the Federal Government's payment of its members' October half-salaries.

The Chairman of ASUU at the University of Lagos, Dr. Dele Ashiru, claimed in a statement headlined "Payment of Amputated and Crippled October Salary" that the union's leadership has received a flood of calls from members who are upset over what seems to be the prorated payment of their salaries.

The No Work, No Pay policy was enforced during the strike by university employees because the federal government insisted on it.

However, the statement said that it is callous and demoralizing that a purportedly democratic government can be so ruthless, careless, and inhumane in its treatment of the brightest members of its community.

Dr. Ashiru called it a "national catastrophe" and said that the Union's national leadership is on top of the problem.

He nonetheless exhorted the group to maintain their composure and wait for additional instructions from the National Secretariat.