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  • Updated: November 11, 2022

ASUU: Cut Lawmakers' Salaries By 50 Per Cent — Ndume Advises FG

ASUU: Cut Lawmakers' Salaries By 50 Per Cent — Ndume Advis

Senator Ali Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno South has advised the Federal Government to reduce the salaries of members of the National Assembly by 50 per cent to meet the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Ndume reacted on Thursday in Maiduguri following the payment of half salaries to members of ASUU.

The lawmaker who served as a former Senate leader urged the government to inaugurate a committee of reputable educationists and well-meaning Nigerians who will meet with ASUU to address the pressing issues. 

“Even if it means that the National Assembly will reduce sitting allowances or be paid on casual allowances basis whenever they sit at the Lower and upper chambers, by cutting the recurrent expenditure in the budget of the federal lawmakers to settle the ASUU arrears, let it be.

“We only assemble twice or so in a week and get paid as such,” he urged.

Ndume argued that civil servants who worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic were paid their full monthly salaries and allowances “so why will the federal government cut university lecturers’ salaries because they went on legitimate strike? Constitutionally, they’re fighting for their rights and privileges.”

He further said, “As a matter of priority and as a public servant in the legislative chambers, we do not work, so why don’t you just give us half salaries and then pay ASUU.”

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