BREAKING: FG Ignores ASUU, Begins Payment of 8-Month Salary Backlog to CONUA
The Evangelist
November 8, 2022
The federal government has started paying the Congress of University Academics their withheld salaries according to report
CONUA, a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff of Universities, was registered in October, 2022 by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige
Recall that there have been controversies following the payment of half salaries by the government to members of ASUU.
In a move to spite the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the federal government has commenced payment of the 8-month salary backlog to some lecturers who are members of Congress of University Academics (CONUA).
CONUA is the breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
A member of CONUA disclosed that the leadership of the union has already got a hint from the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Daily Trust reports.
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F has started paying the Congress of University Academics their withheld salaries. Photo credit: Dan Solomon
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He said the minister has assured members of the new union that they would start receiving alerts as from Monday.
He said: “We were not part of the last strike. We had earlier written to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. So, the minister has looked into our letter, and he has directed accordingly.”
Payment of Half salary to lecturers.
