By B. Nwuke
President Bola Tinubu, has approved the release of 4 months salary withheld from members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU who began an eight-month strike on February 14, 2022, and ended on October 17, 2022.
This is contained in a statement on Friday by Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
In the statement titled “President Tinubu approves partial waiver of the no work, no pay order on ASUU members; orders release of four months of withheld salary.”
Ngelale revealed that the waiver will allow for the previously striking members of ASUU to receive four months of salary accruals out of the eight months of salary which was withheld during the eight-month industrial action undertaken by the union.
However, Tinubu directed the grant of the waiver with a mandatory requirement that the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding establishing that this exceptional waiver granted by the President will be the last one to be granted to ASUU and all other Education Sector Unions.
Ngelale said “the president’s decision aims to mitigate the difficulties being felt during the implementation of key economic reforms in the country, as well as his recognition of the faithful implementation of terms which were agreed upon during the deliberations between ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria.”
