Nigerian university professors lowest paid in the world

Nigerian University professors are the lowest paid in the world, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, has lamented.
El-Maude Gambo Jibreel, the branch leader, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Yola on Thursday.
He lamented that members have been on the same salary for over 15 years, stating that the last time ASUU salaries were reviewed was in 2009.
Jibreel reiterated that lecturers in Nigeria are the least paid in Africa, not to talk of the global average, adding that they are the worst paid in the world, as a professor earns less than $300 per month at the current rate of 1,489 Naira per dollar in a month.
According to him, Many Nigerians do not understand the strike it had been embarking on for years, there is a need for the public to understand what the struggle of ASUU is all about and join hands with ASUU to save the educational sector in Nigeria and place Nigeria on the development path.