FG Starts Paying ASUU's Salaries That Were Withheld

The federal government has begun the payment of withheld salaries of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Academic Staff Union of Universities' (ASUU) withheld salaries are now being paid by the federal government.

Prof. Gbolahan Bolarin, the chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, confirmed the development and stated: “Yes, it is true. The money has begun to come in.”

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Four of the eight months' worth of ASUU-withheld employee salaries were released in October 2023, thanks to President Bola Tinubu's approval.

When certain unions based at universities went on strike in 2022, the former administration of President Muhammadu Buhari withheld salaries, citing a “No Work, No Pay policy.” The strike lasted eight months.