The Academic Staff Union of Universities Federal University of Technology Owerri has urged the Federal Government to release the seven months’ unpaid salaries of its members.
The Union’s Chairman,Chinedu Ihejirika, made this known in a statement signed with its secretary, Etienne Chinakwe in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Thursday.
According to statement, the fate of any nation lies with her intellectuals, hence the need to preserve the future of the nation by paying prompt attention to the Union’s demands.
It urged the government to stop the weaponization of hunger to whip Academics into submission and pay their withheld salaries.