President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministers of Finance, Wale Edun, and Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, to work out the modalities for the payment of four months’ withheld salaries to the university non-teaching staff.
This is as the organised labour reported the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Benneth Igwe, to the President over the forceful stoppage of a peaceful protest to register their grievances over their withheld salaries.
Recall the FCT police had stopped the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) from embarking on a protest in Abuja.
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the closed-door meeting between the President and the organized labor.
