Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central lawmaker, has asked the Federal Government to pay public university lecturers their eight-month salary after they called off their strike.<\/p>\n
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the 8th National Assembly member said this on Sunday, following President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement that the government would not pay Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members’ salaries for the months they did not work.<\/p>\n
Remember that ASUU began industrial action on February 14, 2022, and ended it on October 14, 2022, in response to a court order.<\/p>\n
Following their reinstatement, the government only paid them for 18 working days in October, depriving them of their salary for the previous seven months.<\/p>\n
Nigerians have reacted differently to the development since then.<\/p>\n
Sani responded on social media, saying that no public officeholder is paid based on the number of days worked and that lecturers should be paid their full salary.<\/p>\n
The President is in London and he is paid. No political office holder is paid based on the days he worked. Pay University lecturers their full wages, <\/em>Sani\u2019s tweet reads.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nThe President is in London and he is https:\/\/t.co\/w1ToB1Kl95<\/a> political office holder is paid based on the days he https:\/\/t.co\/xtL58ZKqMX<\/a> University lecturers their full wages.<\/p>\n
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n