This was revealed by the National Vice President of ASUU, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, during an interview with the journalist at the sidelines of the scholarship presentation event for university undergraduate students in Bauchi Zone, which took place at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Yelwa Campus, Bauchi, on Saturday.
As reported earlier by The PUNCH, Tinubu had granted a partial waiver of the "No Work, No Pay" order imposed on ASUU members during their eight-month strike, which commenced on February 14, 2022, and concluded on October 17, 2022.
President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed in a statement that the waiver would enable the previously striking ASUU members to receive four months' worth of salary accruals out of the eight months withheld during the industrial action.
The statement, titled 'President Tinubu approves partial waiver of the no work, no pay order on ASUU members; orders release of four months of withheld salary,' outlined Tinubu's directive.
However, it included the crucial condition that the Ministries of Education and Labour and Employment must secure a Document of Understanding.
Ngelale said the President sought to “mitigate the difficulties being felt during the implementation of key economic reforms in the country, as well as his recognition of the faithful implementation of terms that were agreed upon during the deliberations between ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria.”
But Piwuna, when asked to comment on the said approval of the four-month salary arrears, said that ASUU is not aware of such.
“We are not aware that the government has awarded money to anybody. We are not aware. As a union, we are not aware of that,” he declared.
