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Oluwatosin Ejalonibu
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polythecnics and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) chapter have cried out to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun to save them from hunger and death.
The unions said the plea is coming following the non payment of their November and December salary by the school management.
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) of the same institution on Tuesday had also cried out for the same reason.
The Acting Chairman of SSANIP in MAPOLY, Comrade Lekan Dada while speaking with journalists at a Press Conference held in Abeokuta, the State capital revealed that, a number of staff in the school who are with health issues could no longer take care of their health owing to the non payment of salary.
He also said that due to the non payment of their salary, members will have to celebrate the yuletide festivity with hungry stomachs.
He added that after the festive period when their children will be resuming back to school, they may not be able to pay their school fees.
They called on the government to look into their plight as a matter of urgency , saying, the actions and inactions of the government will determine their next line of action.
He said ” It is no more news that the management of the polytechnic cannot pay November and December, 2021 salaries as this has been made known in different fora.
“It is important to note that a good number of staff cannot take care of their health owing to the non- payment of salary, it is equally important for staff to celebrate the yuletide with their salary”.
The SSANIP Chairman said as part of the issues bothering members of staff of the institution it is important that the government constitute the Governing council of the school.
He said the delay by the State government to constitute Governing council for 2 years and 6 months is unconstitutional.
Speaking on the Non remittance of the pensions of members of staff of the institution the Dada said that pension deductions of members of staff of the institution have not been remitted to the relevant Pension Fund Administrators for years.
He added the institution have also refused to pay its part of the contributory pension which has left so many of their members retiring without getting anything in form of Pension or gratuity.
Dada further accused the school of delaying promotion and appointment excercise saying that the last promotion and appointment excercise to of the school was done in 2018.
Other concerns of the unions raised by him includes, appointment of substantive Rector, non implementation of new minimum wage ,non release of union check off dues which Dada said the said the management owed 25 months of the dues to the Unions and non remittance of cooperative deductions which has risen to over N60 million.
