Management at the University of Zambia has told Lecturers and other workers that there is no hope that they will receive their delayed March salaries this week.
According to a staff memo issued by UNZALARU General Secretary Kelvin Mambwe, management held a meeting with the three University of Zambia unions over the delayed payment of March salaries.
Mr Mambwe said the meeting started around 16 Hours and lasted for about two hours.
“In explaining the reasons for the delayed salaries, Management informed the unions that it has no capacity to pay workers because the Government has for the past two months failed to remit to the University the monthly grants as well as the tuition fees for those students sponsored by the Government,” Mr Mambwe wrote.
He said this position has consequently affected Management’s ability to pay salaries, as the internally generated resources are insufficient to address the problem.
“Unfortunately, there is no hope that the Government will honour its obligations this week,” Mr Mambwe added.
He said in the same meeting, Management requested the unions to give it up to Monday next week to lobby the Government to release the much-delayed grants and outstanding tuition fees.
“We will issue another update on this matter early next week or earlier,” he said.
