The Federal Government has said members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities received their rightful salary in October, which was paid in pro-rata basis.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this while briefing correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Federal Government also denied the allegation that it has indirectly made Nigerian lecturers casual workers by paying them half salary in October, saying that nobody can make them casual staff.
However, Bayero University, Kano has rescheduled all academic activities and the ongoing examinations slated for Thursday 7th of November 2022 following a lecture-free day and protest declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities
Also, Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta staged a peaceful protest today against the casualization of lecturers by the federal government and the payment of half salary to university lecturers.
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