ASUU issues 4-day ultimatum to Nigerian govt over new salary structure

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has handed the Federal Government a four-day deadline to statesman implementing the recently approved wage operation for lecturers crossed the country.

The union’s president, Christopher Piwuna, announced the ultimatum connected Thursday during a nationalist lecture astatine Sa’adu Zungur University, Yuli Campus, Bauchi State.

According to him, the countdown begins immediately, urging the authorities to commence outgo nether the agreed wage model without delay.

“We person issued a four-day ultimatum from contiguous to the Federal Government to statesman the outgo of the recently approved wage structure. Failure to comply volition pull a beardown effect from the union,” helium said.

Piwuna explained that the request is portion of ongoing efforts to amended lecturers’ payment and tackle persistent issues of mediocre pay, which helium linked to encephalon drain and the gradual diminution successful the prime of higher acquisition successful Nigeria.

He further lamented that though aggregate agreements person been reached with the authorities implicit time, execution has remained inconsistent, often tri...