FG releases funds for payment of NASU, retirees entitlements
The Nigerian government has disbursed funds for the withheld salaries of NASU members and benefits for retirees under the NUPCPS scheme. However, NASU and SSANU’s strike continues for a week, pending further resolution of grievances.
The Federal Government has released funds for payment of withheld salary of Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities, NASU.
The Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, Mr Bawa Mokwa, spoke in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, adding that the government also released funds for payment of benefits of retirees under the Nigerian Union of Pensioners Contributory Pension Scheme Sector, NUPCPS.
Mokwa further noted that, the Federal Governmthat had commenced such disbursements pointing out that many members had confirmed receipt of such payments.
NASU and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, had commenced a nationwide strike on Monday, even as the SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, said that the strike would continue for the next seven days unless the government addressed the grievances of members.
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