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The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union have berated the minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman over his promise to pay varsities academic staff half salaries.
The associations said they no longer have confidence in the Federal government.
This was in reaction to Mamman’s interview on Channels Television’s Politics, where he said that SSANU and NASU would only receive half of their withheld salaries, pending President Bola Tinubu’s approval.
According to the minister, “Payment of full salary has not been approved. There is a court judgment on ‘No work, no pay’. ASUU getting four months’ pay was a discretion and decision on the part of the President. So, it doesn’t automatically transfer (to NASU and SSANU) but the matter is under consideration.”
Recalled, their salaries were withheld during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Reacting, the National President, SSANU/NASU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, said the claim by the minister was disappointing.
Ibrahim said, “I am disappointed in the Minister of Education, who said there was no approval for the payment of SSANU/NASU withheld salaries. We met in January in the presence of all vice chancellors and union leaders and they promised to pay us. We suspended our strikes after reaching an agreement with Mallam Adamu Adamu (ex-Minister of Education).”
He added that the government should go ahead with its decision on payment.
