Poly Ibadan workers suspend 38-day strike
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan
The aggrieved staff of The Polytechnic Ibadan (academic and non-academic staff) said on Thursday that it suspended its industrial action over the non-implementation of the new national minimum wage by the Oyo State Government.
The workers embarked on an indefinite industrial action since January 11 following the resolution of a special congress of the unions.
It was gathered that the strike was suspended for 21days in honour of Governor Seyi Makinde and the Governing Council of the institution.
The staff unions of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, in a statement jointly signed by SSANIP Chairman, Biodun Abegunde; NASU Chairman, Ibraheem Akande; and T. M. Oyebola, Representative of Academics, said, “Members of staff of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, under the umbrella of NASU, SSANIP and Academics, had a congress this morning Thursday, 18th February, 2021 at the Conference Centre of the institution to review its position on imple
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Workers in the employ of The Polytechnic, Ibadan on Thursday kicked against what they described as an “amputated salary structure” used for the payment of their January 2021 salary.
The workers rejected the new salary structure after the conclusion of its emergency meeting of the Joint Implementation committee of the staff unions of the institution.
In a statement jointly signed by the chairman of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP), Polytechnic Ibadan chapter, Comrade Biodun Abegunde and his counterpart in the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Comrade Ibraheem Akande, and the representative of Academics, Mrs T. M. Oyebola, emphasised that since they were not part of the Memorandum of Understanding, the new salary structure remains unacceptable.
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Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan
Members of staff of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have rejected the Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary Scale published by the Oyo State Government for workers in the state-owned Polytechnics as well as College of Education.
The poly workers’ rejection of the salary scale was contained in a communique made available to our correspondent on Wednesday. It was signed by the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Polytechnics, Biodun Abegunde; Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union, Ibraheem Akande; and Representative of the teaching staff, T.M Oyebola
The workers said the Governing Council of the Institutions were the only body saddled with the discussion of salary and emoluments matters and not the Ministry of Education or any of its agents.