No Nigerian Professor Earns More Than N416,000 – ASUU Chairman (Video)

The chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of Academic University union staff (ASUU) stated that no Nigerian professor earns more than N416,000.

In an interview with Channel TV’s Sunrise Daily, Dele Ashiru advocated a better welfare plan for university lecturers.

He pointed out that although the agreement was renegotiated, the federal government has not signed a memorandum of the agreement since May.

“No Nigerian professor earns more than N416,000 in a month as the total package. We are saying let us renegotiate this agreement so that people’s conditions of service will improve,” he said.

“As I speak to you, our members have been earning the same salary since 2009 till date. I don’t think there is any section of the Nigerian economy and society that has been so treated.

“The highest-paid professor which means that if he remains in the university system for the next 10-15 years will not earn more than the same amount he’s been earning since 2009.”

Ashiru’s remarks came on the second day of the 21-day ultimatum issued by the leaders of the ASUU regarding the government’s failure to implement the agreement reached with it.

Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, Chairman of ASUU, spoke at a press conference at the University of Abuja, accusing the federal government of failing to fulfill the agreement signed with the trade union, which caused the cancellation of the strike in December 2020.

He warned that if the government fails to implement the memorandum of action signed with ASUU before the last industrial action is suspended, the union may be forced to start another nationwide strike.

According to the president of Asuu, nearly a year after the agreement was reached, all issues, including unpaid academic allowances and university revitalization funds, have not been resolved.

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