By ROGERS KALEROLECTURERS at the Copperbelt University (CBU) have rejected five per cent salary increment offered to them by management during yesterday’s meeting and have said that there was need to close down the institution until it was ready to meet the 12 percent salary increment which they are demanding.Copperbelt University Academicians Union (CBUAU) General Secretary Willie Ngosa said the decision by management to offer an additional one per cent to make it five percent to the protesting lecturers was a mockery especially at a time when the prices of essential commodities are expecting to sky-rocket further following the increased prices of fuel.But CBU Registrar Hellen Mukumba said the five percent offer that management gave the lecturers was what the institution could afford, and that asking for 12 percent was beyond its reach.Ms Mukumba who was reluctant to comment further said that management was not aware about the position of the union to reject the […]
CBU LECTURERS REJECT 5pc INCREMENT
