Lamido Sanusi ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the revelation by the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on the remuneration of federal legislators confirmed its fears on the quality and intention of political office holders.
It said the revelation has exposed a fundamental flaw in the structure of the nation’s reward/remuneration system and the attendant implications to economic growth.
National President of ASUU Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie spoke in Benin Monday after a meting of the Union’s National Executive Council (NEC).
Prof. Awuzie who described the performance of the National Assembly as dismal said, "This is unacceptable. ASUU will cooperate with all trade unions and other civil society organisations and all patriotic citizens of Nigeria to struggle and redress this tragic situation.
"The idea of assigning to a Nigerian senator an emolument estimated to be almost four times the salary of the President of the United States is insensitive and scandalous. Such a situation is intolerable in a country where an estimated 70 per cent of the population lives in abject poverty and squalor."
The ASUU President described the attempt by the National Assembly to muzzle the CBN Governor into retracting his revelation and apologise to the lawmakers as “vulgar".
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