Withheld salaries: ASUU plans emergency NEC meeting

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is planning to meet soon to discuss the withheld eight-month salary arrears of their members, Saturday PUNCH has reliably learnt.

Although the date for the meeting has not been decided by the National Executive Council of the union, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed the development to our correspondent, noting that a due date would soon be picked and communicated to the public.

“We (NEC) had met before now and reached resolutions but will meet again to decide on the next step to take, and when we do so, we will let the public know.

“But what I can assure you is that we will meet very soon, and take a decision on this issue of withheld salaries. The FG must pay up these debts. It is our right.

“We have given the government some time to see if there will be any improvement, but they have done nothing. We are collating reports from our members and will take action,” he said.

While lamenting the situation, he said lecturers in Nigerian universities were going through hard times.

“Our members are passing through difficult times while they are doing the same work the FG said they did not do and were not going to be paid for. Punch