By Nicholas Ojo
Nigerian university lecturers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, were seen on Tuesday protesting on the streets of Lagos.
Quest Times had reported on Sunday that a union’s National Executive Council member said there would be protests nationwide on the “no-work, no-pay” policy and half salaries paid to them for October by the federal government.
“We are protesting. Branches will choose their own dates, the government needs to understand that we are not casual workers,” the source had said.
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A letter sent by the chairperson of ASUU’s University of Lagos chapter, Dr Dele Ashiru, confirmed the situation, stating that the branch would protest on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 (today).
The special congress/protest demonstration against the casualisation of intellectualism in Nigeria would take place on “Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Julius Berger auditorium,” according to the letter addressed to “all stakeholders.”
The aggrieved lecturers on Tuesday were seen in a video shared on Twitter, singing solidarity songs as they hold a one-day protest.
“ASUU UNILAG chapter sing solidarity songs as they hold a one-day protest over the payment of half salaries to members in October,” the video was captioned.