 Following the crisis between the academic staff, union of universities and the federal government of Nigeria, members of ASU at the Federal University, Lafayette National State on Friday staged a peaceful protest in the school premises and called for the sack of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige. The ASU-Lafayette members earlier in the day had a one-hour congress where the decision was reached to embark on the protest. Speaking during the demonstration, Chairman of ASU and the institution, Adam Ablai, said they decided to organize the peaceful protest to demand for Ngige's sack because they were paid half salaries for the month of October and the Ministry's refusal to pay them their eight-month outstanding salaries since the union embarked on a strike in the month of February. Ablai, you want that if the current crisis between the federal government and the national body of the union is not urgently resolved, it could cause a bleak future for the Nigerian youths. We do work beyond standing in the class. We research from our homes on our telephones in the library and this cannot be seen. We are not casual workers. We are not casual workers. The pro rata is the casualization of the university workforce and we are saying no to this. Academic work is not a casual work so government should not pay us as people who work on daily basis and who receive money weekly or daily. So that is why we have set this protest and it may go on, but this is just to tell the president wherever he is to listen to the Nigerian academics and meet their demands. The demands that we put on the table before the strike has gone, none of this has been met. Any time it was due for government to pay, instead of paying, they create an emergency. The other time they create the IPPIS, we are still battling with it. This time they will take the salary, instead of paying the salary, they pay pro rata programs. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.