Half salary: We will meet soon to take steps – ASUU

National leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet soon to take appropriate steps regarding the payment of half salary to the members by the Federal Government.

The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this on Thursday in a chat with Vanguard.

Osodeke was reacting to the payment of half salary by the government to his members who last month called off their eight months strike.

Members of the union were stunned on Thursday when they received payment alerts indicating that they were only paid for seventeen days in October.

The striking varsity lectures resumed work on October 14.

Osodeke, who expressed disgust at the development, noted that the government was pushing the lecturers to the wall.

“Yes, we were paid half salary for Ocotber and that is not what we expected. However, as an organised union, we are meeting soon to deliberate on the issue and take appropriate actions,” he said.