The Federal Government on Tuesday agreed to pay N20.4 billion arrears of new salary structure to the striking polytechnic lecturers, Supervising Minister for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said. Wike made this known at a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) in Abuja.
He said what was delaying the payment was an agreement by both parties on the modalities for the payment. According to him, the CONTISS salary structure being agitated for by the union had been approved and also included in the 2014 budget.
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