Federal Government and ASUU begin fresh showdown

The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may be preparing for another showdown as the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, has insisted the government will not pay full salaries to lecturers despite their ongoing nationwide protest.

ASUU begun protests across the country to press home their demand for full pay after the federal government failed to pay them for the eight months period the lecturers were on strike.

However, Adamu, who spoke with state house correspondents in Abuja, insisted the protesting lecturers would not be paid for work not done in line with no work no pay policy.

Following the development, the government paid the lecturers half salaries for the month of October while insisting that it would not pay for the eight months they were on strike.

The minister also reacted to the allegation made by the president of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodoke that paying the lecturers on pro-rata basis was a ploy to make them casual workers.