Half Salaries: ASUU Declares Lecture-free Day, Plans Nationwide Protest

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has concluded plans to embark on a one-day nationwide protest over the Federal Government’s decision to implement a “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers who embarked on a strike in February, which was terminated in October, 2022.

According to PUNCH, the protest will be organised at various branches of the union across public university campuses nationwide and it will double as a lecture-free day for all lecturers who are members.

This was disclosed by a member of the National Executive Council of the union on Sunday, November 13, 2022. The source said:

“We are protesting. Branches will choose their own dates, the government needs to understand that we are not casual workers.”

Also, according to Moyosore Ajao, chairman of ASUU in the University of Ilorin, who spoke with TheCable, the planned lecture-free day won’t be the same day for all institutions. In his words:

“It won’t be at the same time. Every branch will do their own on a different day. It’s just within the campus. It’s just making a statement.”
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Confirming the development, the chairperson of ASUU, University of Lagos branch, Dele Ashir, stated in a letter that the branch would protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

The letter which was addressed to “all stakeholders” noted that the special congress/ protest rally against the casualization of intellectualism in Nigeria will hold on “Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Julius Berger auditorium.”