By Peter Dada
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State branch has appealed to the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu to pay their salary arrears.
According to the association, the state government owes them over five months’ salaries and 10 months’ deductions. It also alleged that the government has failed to implement minimum wages for them since it has been effected in Ondo State over seven years of earned allowances among others.
The Chairman of OAUSTECH SSANU, Dayo Temola, made this appeal in a statement titled, ‘Extend workers welfare to tertiary institutions,’ on Wednesday.
The statement read, “We are happy to hear that Ondo State Government had paid workers salaries up to date aside from paying the backlog owed by the previous administration.
“However, we the workers of tertiary institutions in Ondo State are wallowing in penury due to unpaid salaries, non-implementation of approved wages such as minimum wages, earned allowances and third-party deductions.
“We, therefore, use the medium to appeal to Governor Akeredolu to intervene, so that workers in tertiary institutions particularly Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa in Ondo State can smile like their counterparts in the other sector of the state.”
The governor had earlier announced what his administration had done in the area of workers’ welfare. He stated the was not owing civil servants.
Source: The Punch
