The Federal Government has been urged by the non-academic staff Union
of Universities to pay an outstanding N62bn earned allowances to their
members.
The unions under the umbrella of the Joint Action
Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the
Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and
the National Association of Academic Technologists are calling on the
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to ensure the payment of
the allowances before handing over to the new administration.
The
spokesman for the unions, Mr. Samson Ugwoke said that the Federal
Government refused to make further payments after the initial payment of
N30bn out of a total of N92bn earned allowances.
“N30bn was
released as part of the earned allowance and about N62bn has yet to be
released. Everything is about N92bn and you know, the N92bn we are
talking about is for July 2009 to June 2012.”
The union pledged
to sustain industrial peace in the universities, and called on
government agencies to avoid acts inimical to the interest of the unions
and their members.
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