Fat Salaries: You Lied: Polytechnics Teachers Tell University Academic Staff

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has accused the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities (CVCNU) of spreading lies and misinformation with regards to the salaries received by senior polytechnic lecturers.

ASUP said that the claim made by the Vice Chancellors that senior lecturers in polytechnics earned more than university professors was false and could cause issues during negotiations for polytechnic lecturers.

ASUP, in a statement today, September 7 by its Secretary General, Abdullahi Yalwa, said: “Our Union’s attention has been drawn to a statement from the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities contained in the report submitted by the body to the government during the meeting of Vice Chancellors, Chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal Universities and the Minister of Education on September 6, 2022.

“An extract from the submission made by the CVCNU was emphatic in conveying the erroneous impression that chief lecturers in Nigeria’s polytechnics (and colleges of education) earn more than professors in the nation’s universities.

“The position of the CVCNU was made in order to justify the legitimate demands of our sister union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities for a wage increase.