The Federal government says members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) will get half of their withheld salaries if President Bola Tinubu approves the payment of their arrears.
The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, revealed this during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday.
The minister said the non-academic staff members of universities were not on strike for the same period in 2022 as their academic counterparts.
He stated that the government has been doing everything possible to get a relief for them.
Asked what has delayed the payment to NASU and SSANU members, Mamman said, “No, it has not been approved.
“There is a court judgement on no work, no pay. ASUU getting four months’ pay was actually a discretion and decision on the part of the President. So, it doesn’t automatically transfer (to NASU and SSANU) but the matter is under consideration.
“I don’t think it is safe to put a time on it but it’s safer to say that we are on it and we are pushing.
While speaking on the claim of discrimination by NASU and SSANU, the minister said: “That cannot be right, there is no rating. These are people working in the same terrain, they are doing different things but all working towards the same goal.
Members of SSANU and NASU, in March, embarked on a one-week warning strike to protest their withheld salaries by the Federal government.
