FG Pays ASUU Half Check-off Dues
The Federal Government has released half of November 2022 check-off dues deducted from the salaries of all lecturers of federal universities in the country to the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The ministry’s spokesman, Olajide Oshundun, in an interview with reporters the decision of the government was based on the failure of ASUU to submit its audit reports.
According to news reports the check-off dues are the money deducted from an employee’s pay for membership in a union or an organisation that represents workers in a particular industry.
The chairperson of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof Gbolahan Bolarin, told correspondents on Sunday 22 January 2022 that the government remitted half of the money deducted from the salaries of members after the report by The PUNCH.
In his words, “After the report by The PUNCH, the union received an alert intimating us of the receipt of the check-off dues. However, what we noticed was that we did not receive full payment. Instead, we received less than what was due.
“The funny aspect is that the government made full deductions from the salaries of our members. Our question now to them is where is the balance of the check-off dues?
“You can’t make full deductions and then remit half of what you deducted into the account of the union. The government needs to let us know what they plan to do with the money still with them.”
Efforts to get the comments of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Oshundun, proved abortive as calls and messages sent to his line remained unanswered as of the time of filing this report.
Source: The Punch
