Half Salary: ASUU To Declare Lecture-free Day

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that it will declare lecture-free day across tertiary institutions to protest the non-payment of its salaries.

Moyosore Ajao, chairman of ASUU in the University of Ilorin, confirmed the development on Sunday.

ASUU had embarked on strike in February, which was later suspended following a court order in October.

Prior to the suspension of the strike, amid the back-and-forth deliberations over the demands of the lecturers, the federal government had threatened to invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ policy — a decision the government later said would be reconsidered.

Speaking on the planned lecture-free day, Ajao said it won’t be on the same day for all institutions.

“It won’t be at the same time. Every branch will do their own on a different day. It’s just within the campus. It’s just making a statement,” he said.