The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has asked the Nigerian government to provide receipt of shortfall of teachers’ salary and promotion arrears released.
Recall that the Federal Government had on Saturday said it released N16.8 billion to settle outstanding salary arrears of staff in the country’s tertiary institutions.
In a swift reaction, President of ASUP, Dr Usman Dutse said that evidence of payment of funds by government will determine its next move to call off the strike.
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu said during the “Sixth Edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing’’ in Abuja that disbursement is ongoing through the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to solve issues and demands raised by ASUU and ASUP.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government had on Saturday said it released ₦16.8 billion to settle outstanding salary arrears of staff in the country’s tertiary institutions.