Ekiti State Unievrsity, Ado Ekiti, was again shut on Wednesday as trade
unions protested unpaid three months salaries by the State Government.
The workers, under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities, Non Academic Staff Union, and National Association of
Academic Technologists vowed not to return to work until their salaries
were paid as they were being owed March-May salaries.
Although the Academic Staff Union of Universities did not participate
in the protest, our correspondent learnt the union supported it.
The ASUU Chairman in EKSU, Prof Olufayo Olu-Olu, said the union
could not take a lead role in the protest because it had yet to obtain
approval from the congress.
Both academic and non-academic activities were paralysed as
students were turned back by the aggrieved staff, who shut the two
entrances to the institution. In an interview with our correspondent,
the SSANU Chairman, Comrade Kolawole Falade, said the unions arrived at
the decision to embark on a protest at its meeting held on Tuesday.
He said, “The three unions-SSANU, NASU and NAAT-met under the Joint
Action Committee on Tuesday and decided to embark on the protest to
demand payment of our three months salaries.
“We have also not received our earned allowances from 2012 up till date. We also need a Governing Council of the university.
“There is also need for the State Government to increase the
monthly subventions to the university from N260 million because of the
College of Medicine.”
The NASU Chairman, Comrade Tope Akanmu, could not be reached on
telephone. Calls placed to his line indicated it was switched off.
Recall that the workers had in March embarked on industrial action to protest this same non payment of what is due to them.
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