By our Reporter
Following the meeting of the National Executive Committee(NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) over the payment of “pro rata” payment for eighteen days in October 2022 salaries of academics thereby portraying them as a daily paid workers is an aberration.
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke,National President said the union called off its eight month old strike in trust and obedience to the court order.
Osodeke while speaking at the end of the ASUU NEC emergency meeting deli rated on the development and noted with dismay that paying academics on “pro-rata” basis,like casual workers is unprecedented in the history I’d university oriented labour relations and therefore condemn the action of the government.
NEC therefore commends the membership of ASUUfor their perseverance in the face of untold hardship and unwarranted provocation by some notorious agents of the ruling class adding that NEC appeals for the understanding of Nigerian Students,parents and other genuinely concerned individuals and groups as the union continues to pursue positive resolution of the avoidable crises within the ambit of legality without compromising the interests and welfare of the Nigerian intellectuals.