The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reported the deaths of 84 of its members between May and August 2024, attributing these losses to economic hardship and unpaid salaries.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made this revelation during an appearance on Channels Television’s socio-political programme “Inside Sources” with Laolu Akande.
Osodeke criticised the Federal Government’s “no-work, no-pay” policy, which affects salaries during strikes, stating, “Despite this crisis, you are holding somebody’s three-and-a-half or more salaries on the no-work, no-pay. People are trying to survive, and everything is gone now.”
He called for increased funding for university education, emphasising that to ensure the sector’s optimal functioning, lecturers must be adequately compensated.