LabourNewsASUU Strike: El-Rufai Vows To Sack KASU Lecturers

By Ezinwanne Onwukah (Senior Reporter)

KADUNA — Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has threatened to sack the Kaduna State University (KASU) lecturers who are currently observing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.

Speaking on a radio programme in Kaduna on Wednesday, El-Rufai said ASUU has problems with the federal government, not the state government. Hence, KASU lecturers had no reason to be a part of the strike because the institution is a state university.

He asked the lecturers to return to classrooms or risk not having their salaries paid, adding that he might even be forced to ‘sack them all and declare their positions vacant on the pages of the newspaper.’

“The acting vice-chancellor has assured me that they will resume, and I have asked them to find out if they actually resumed work because I initially instructed that their salary be stopped,” El-Rufai said.

“But I was later told they didn’t join the strike so I asked that it should be investigated and those that collected salary and joined the strike will be asked to refund the salary.

“This is because Nigeria’s law says ‘no work, no pay’. This is the law. So whoever joined the strike will not be paid a salary. We have been telling the KASU lecturers that they have no problem with state government. ASUU’s problem is with the federal government, therefore why will our staff who have no problems with us join the strike?

“If this continues, I will wake up one day to sack them all, I swear to God. We will sack them all and declare their positions vacant on the pages of the newspaper. They once did the same thing and we gave them a warning, now they repeated it. I’m only waiting to receive the report from the commissioner for education. I swear to God, we will sack all those that joined the strike if they refuse to resume work.”

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By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)

Ezinwanne Onwuka, senior staff reporter and columnist with WAP is a Nigerian-based writer and content developer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her interests include reading, writing, researching and graphic designing.

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