Abuja, Nigeria – E get wahala for campus as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) don turn belle face government matter again. Dem don invoke no-pay-no-work policy because salaries wey dey delay no be for joke! ASUU National President, Prof Chris Piwuna, talk am well as he dey gist our correspondent this Friday.
Piwuna no hide im vex — e come blame government for trying to frustrate their hustle since dem don waka comot from that IPPIS wahala wey plenty academic unions don dey complain about. (Na im be say government too sabi how to spoil sweet soup!)
“Since we don comot from IPPIS, e don dey hard for us to collect salary like normal people. Dem dey pay lecturers like say we dey do charity work. Sometimes, we dey wait till 10 days for new month before money go show face,” he talk, with serious face. “Abeg, see July, una don receive salary? No be so we suppose celebrate Sallah,” he add. “So, we don decide say if dem wan delay our money, we no fit teach again. We need our money before we go dash una knowledge. No salary, no class!”
Piwuna also yan for non-academic staff, as the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions, led by Mohammed Ibrahim, don open mouth. E no get joy for wetin dey happen. “Last month, we write letter upon letter, but na wetin we dey get? Silent like government don enter coma,” Ibrahim shout. “University workers dey get treated like second-class citizens. We don even write Accountant General and cc ministers of education and labour. Labour ministry reply us say dem don reach out to the educational minister, but wetin we see? Nothing change for this month!”
As the wahala dey continue, me I dey think say wetin happen if dem decide to raise our head for the ground? E go better make government act fast, otherwise, dem go see lecturers no fit carry chalk again. Na real crisis be dis! Education no dey wait for anybody, but salary matter wey dey lag behind na wah!
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