Lecturers of Benue State University
(BSU) on Friday expressed their
discontent with the non-payment of their
September salary. At the same time, they remain
adamant over their demands which led to their
current strike.

Talking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi,
the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) in BSU, Dr Samuel Ikoni, said the non-payment
of the September was worrisome and caused some
hardship to the lecturers.
"It is unclear if the non-payment of our salary is
connected to the no-work-no-pay threat issued by Gov
Gabriel Suswam some weeks ago," he said.
Suswam had ordered the lecturers to return to work or
forfeit their salary. But the lecturers, did not follow the
order, insisting that their continued participation in the
strike was for the benefit of the BSU.
Ikoni, however, noted that the non-payment of salary was
not peculiar to ASUU members alone, as members of the
non-academic staff union were yet to receive their salary
too.
He stressed that the lecturers' salary payment schedule,
which was taken to the bank, did not have "a cash
backing'' to enable payment.
It will be reminded, that ASUU has embarled upon an
indefinite strike since June 30, 2013. The lecturers protest
against the FG's failure to honour a 2009 agreement
signed between it and ASUU in 2009 pertaining to issues
of university funding and improvement of infrastructure
in the sector.

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