NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
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ASUU LAGOS ZONE DEMANDS PAYMENT OF LIVING WAGE. (PHOTO)

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 ASUU Lagos Zone demands payment of living wage


The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos Zone, has urged the Federal Government to pay its members a living wage rather than a minimum wage. Lagos Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Adesola Nassir, made the demand during a press conference at the union’s secretariat, University of Lagos.


The call came two days after ASUU members in Lagos staged a peaceful protest at the university to draw the government’s attention to their plight and demand outstanding salaries owed to them. Nassir argued that the current minimum wage was inadequate given the economic realities in the country. According to him, the union has held several meetings with government agencies to push for the payment of promotion arrears of up to four years, arrears of wage awards, and palliatives. He noted, however, that “no payment has been made to date”.


He warned that ASUU reserved the right to embark on a nationwide strike at any time, stressing that “whatever happens next, Nigerians should hold the government responsible, not ASUU.” Nassir also accused the government of undermining university autonomy by releasing funds directly to university staff instead of to the institutions, which he said ought to manage their own finances.


On the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund recently introduced by the government, he said the initiative, which was supposed to grant academics loans of up to ₦10 million for academic advancement, health, family and transport support, had been fully converted into loans that were largely inaccessible to ASUU members.

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