University Professors Don't Earn up to N500,000 -ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Modibbo Adama University (MAU),has raised alarm over the low salaries of Nigerian university professors, labeling them as the lowest paid in the world.
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has made a shocking revelation, claiming that Nigerian university professors are the lowest paid in the world. The union highlighted that these salaries have remained unchanged for years.
At a press briefing held in Yola yesterday, the branch leader, El-Maude Gambo Jibreel, expressed deep concern over the stagnant salaries of university professors in Nigeria., “Our members have been on the same salary for over 15 years; the last time our salaries were reviewed was in 2009.”
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He further emphasized, “Lecturers in Nigeria are the least paid in Africa, not to talk of the global average. We are the worst paid in the world, as a professor earns less than $300 per month at the current rate of N1,489 per dollar.”
Jibreel further highlighted the lack of understanding from the public regarding ASUU's longstanding strikes, which aim to address the systemic issues plaguing the educational sector in Nigeria. He stressed the importance of solidarity, urging individuals to support ASUU in its efforts to bring about much-needed reforms. He urged, “There is a need for the public to understand what the struggle of ASUU is all about and join hands with ASUU to save the educational sector in Nigeria and place Nigeria on the development path.”
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He also explained the rationale behind the 2022 eight-month strike, stating, “The exclusive wisdom behind the 2022 eight months strike action was to make the Federal Government implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) of February 7, 2019, which our Union and the government agreed upon without any duress.”
Jibreel concluded that ASUU’s demands have remained consistent over the years. “As a Union, we were and still are not demanding the government to do anything new but the implementation of what we agreed upon in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022,” he remarked.
