A lawyer, Frank Tietie, on Monday filed a suit at the National
Industrial Court, Abuja against the Minster of Education, the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, National
Universities Commission, NUC, and the National Salaries
and Wages Commission, over the payment of a five-month
salary arrears to university lecturers.
The Federal Government in December paid members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, salaries owed
the lecturers during the period when they were on strike.
ASUU had embarked on the strike, that lasted almost six
months, on July 1, 2013, over the non-implementation of a
2009 agreement it had with government.
In his suit, Mr. Tietie asked the court to give an eight-day
notice of summons to the defendants, beginning from
January 6. He also demanded the court determine whether
members of ASUU were entitled to be paid for the period of
time they were on strike and to declare the payment illegal,
contrary to law and amounting to a misappropriation of the
national commonwealth of the country.
Mr. Tietie also asked the court to order that the money be
retrieved from the lecturers.
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