The Digest:
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticized the Federal Government’s introduction of the Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF) for tertiary workers, emphasizing that better pay is the real need, not loans.
Key Points:
- ASUU president, Professor Christopher Piwuna, rejects the government's loan initiative.
- Piwuna insists that academics need salary increases, not loans, to cope with economic pressures.
- The TISSF offers up to N10 million in loans to workers, but ASUU sees it as a distraction.
- Piwuna urges the government to settle the withheld salaries of ASUU members since 2022.
- The loan facility is seen as insufficient for addressing the financial strain on university workers.
- ASUU calls for the government to prioritize salary reviews to match the current economic realities.
ASUU continues its call for salary reviews instead of loan schemes, asserting that financial support through loans will not alleviate the growing economic challenges faced by workers in the academic sector. The union demands a timely resolution of unpaid salaries.
