“But now, the Federal Ministry of Education officials released the fund to unions in the universities. He added that 83 per cent of SSANU members voted in support of the resolution, 11 per cent were against, while six per cent were indifferent. On his part, National President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, dispelled the misunderstanding of what constitute earned allowances, saying it is wrong to assume that the earned allowances are peculiar only to academic work. He said: “We have been hearing of this insinuation that earned allowances are about academic work. Works that are rendered, such as responsibility allowance, hazards allowances, overt time, shits are all part of earned allowances.

Source: The Guardian January 23, 2021 03:45 UTC