Members of staff of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, on Wednesday, staged a protest against non-payment of the 10 months’ salaries and allowances.
According to The PUNCH, the angry workers under the auspices of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, blocked the main gate of the institution during the protest.
The staff are calling on the Ondo State government to pay all outstanding salaries of their members running to over 10 months, also demanding the implementation of N35,000 wage award for the polytechnic’s staff.
Speaking on the development, the SSANIP Chairman, Nafiu Okoro, said irregularities in salary payment to the unions’ members had led to the untimely deaths of some workers in the polytechnic.
Okoro disclosed that over 10 months salaries were being owed workers of the state-owned polytechnic, by the institution’s management.
“All non-teaching staff comprising of NASU and SSANIP agreed that the government should pay all our outstanding salaries running to over 10 months.
“The N35,000 wage being paid to workers as palliatives in Ondo State should be extended to the institution,” he said.
