However, Mr Adamu has denied the allegation by the union that the government was casualising Nigerian academics.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, restated restated this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja,Mr Adamu was quoted to have reemphasised the government’s position during a brief interview with the State House Correspondents, insisting that the government would stick to its commitment and “would not pay for the work not done.
Other non-academic workers including members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities , National Association of Academic Technologists and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and other Associated Institutions also had their salaries withheld for about four months when they were away from work.
The lecturers accused the government of not paying its members’ full salary for October but the government has insisted that the lecturers only worked for 18 days in the month.The development has sparked further outrage among ASUU members, as the union accused the government casualising Nigerian academics.
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had intervened and the union expressed optimism that the withheld salaries would be paid in batches.
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