Strike: Gov. Bello is paying lecturers’ salary through the media – ASUU
As the strike action embarked upon by lecturers of Kogi State University Anyingba clocks 150 days, the Academic Staff Union of Universities in the institution has accused governor Yahaya Bello of misinforming Nigerians through the media about the payment of lecturers’ salaries. Chairman of ASUU kogi State chapter, Daniel Aina, who stated this during an interview with journalists in Lokoja, slammed the government for their insincerity over the plight of education in the state. He said the government had failed to put genuine effort to meet the demands of the aggrieved lecturers. “The state government is doing practically nothing to resolve the crisis. What we have heard from the Government is that he is paying salaries as at when due which is far from the truth. “Some of our lectures were last paid in March, while others were paid 13 months ago”, he alleged. Expressing disappointment that the standard of the school was falling, the ASUU chairman challenged the governor to show the ...