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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said university lectures have remained on same salary structure for 15 years.
The union said the development was caused by the failure of the Federal Government to implement the agreements it reached with the university teacher in the past decade and a half.
It urged the Federal Government to review the FGN/ASUU 2009 renegotiation agreement to reflect the current economic realities.
The union also urged the Presidency to sign the draft agreement the government reached with the Nimi Briggs Committee.
Addressing reporters after the union’s meeting, ASUU’s Owerri Zone Coordinator, Prof. Dennis Aribodor, regretted that the 2009 agreement renegotiation had dragged for seven years – since 2017.
The union leader said the signing of the agreement would restore dignity in the academia, promote industrial harmony and peace in the universities.
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Aribodor said: “The reluctance of the Federal Government to conclude the renegotiation is the reason the government’s committee has had three chairmen: from Wale Babalakin through Munzali Jibril to Nimi Briggs. This means academic workers in our universities have been on the same salary structure for 15 years.
“The most obvious implication of the truncation of the renegotiation of the agreement is that university teachers in Nigeria have been on the same salary regime since 2009, when the value of the naira to the dollar was N120 as against N1,800 today.”
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