Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has said that unless academic staff of the Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina (UMYUK) resume lectures, they will not be paid their salaries.
Delivering his annual Sallah message at Hawan Bariki yesterday, Governor Shema said Katsina government cannot continue paying lecturers their salaries while they remain on strike.
"Unless you work for the people, government will not spend peoples' money on you. There is no way we can pay you salary with public funds if you do not work for the public," he said.
Shema, therefore, urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to look for ways of reconciling with the federal government to bring to an end to the ongoing nationwide strike.
But a lecturer at UMYUK, who spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity, said: "We will continue to survive even if the governor refuses to pay us salaries. Instead of holding our salaries, the governor should call on the federal government to settle our demands in order to end the strike."
He pointed out that the strategy adopted by the government to withhold their salaries will affect lecturers that are currently studying abroad more than those that are at home.
"I can assure you that our colleagues that have travelled abroad to further their studies will be affected more than those of us who are here. Government should revisit this idea in the interest of justice and fairness," he said.
"Unless you work for the people, government will not spend peoples' money on you. There is no way we can pay you salary with public funds if you do not work for the public," he said.
Shema, therefore, urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to look for ways of reconciling with the federal government to bring to an end to the ongoing nationwide strike.
But a lecturer at UMYUK, who spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity, said: "We will continue to survive even if the governor refuses to pay us salaries. Instead of holding our salaries, the governor should call on the federal government to settle our demands in order to end the strike."
He pointed out that the strategy adopted by the government to withhold their salaries will affect lecturers that are currently studying abroad more than those that are at home.
"I can assure you that our colleagues that have travelled abroad to further their studies will be affected more than those of us who are here. Government should revisit this idea in the interest of justice and fairness," he said.
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