KWASU Denies Claims of Below Minimum Wage Salaries

Kwara State University (KWASU) officials have dismissed allegations that their workers earn below the national minimum wage, which is currently set at ₦70,000. The claims arose following an online report suggesting that some employees were receiving salaries between ₦30,000 and ₦37,000, despite Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's advocacy for a ₦100,000 minimum wage.

Prof. Saeedat Aliyu, the university's director of university relations, labeled the report as misleading and clarified that KWASU staff, both teaching and non-teaching, receive salaries commensurate with those at federal universities in Nigeria.

The university emphasized that the individuals mentioned in the report were part-time workers engaged by private developers for student hostels and are not considered university staff. Furthermore, the statement criticized the allegations against Governor Abdulrazaq as unfounded and described his support for higher wages as genuine, urging the public to disregard the claims.