There is palpable tension among Nigerians as the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced its meeting to examine the half-month salary paid to its members for October.
The meeting started around 12:40 pm on Monday afternoon, The PUNCH reported.
There are worries that the lecturer’s union might resume its recently suspended eight-month strike over the development.
“The meeting just started”, a member of NEC disclosed under the condition of anonymity.
It would be recalled that ASUU summoned an emergency NEC meeting following the payment of “half salaries” to lecturers by the government.
The union had described the October 2022 salaries as “amputated and insensitive.”
Justifying the government’s decision, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, noted that the government paid the lecturers pro rata.
