EKSU Workers Protest On Non-Payment Of Their 3-Month Salaries

All activities were on yesterday shut down at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, as staff of the institution protested non-payment of March, April and May salaries.

The workers under the auspices of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non Academic Staff Union (NASU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) vowed not to return to work without their salaries being paid.

On why members of Academic Staff Union of Universities’ chapter of the state-owned university did not participate in the protest, the ASUU Chairman in EKSU, Prof Olufayo Olu-Olu, said there was no approval from the congress to partake in the protest believed to be supported by the union.

Both academic and non-academic activities were paralyzed as students were turned back by the aggrieved staff, who shut the two entrances to the institution.

The SSANU Chairman, Comrade Kolawole Falade, who spoke with journalists said the decision to stage a protest was reached at the meeting held by the unions on Tuesday.

According to him, “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 260 million naira because of the College of Medicine.”

The NASU Chairman, Comrade Tope Akanmu, could not be reached on phone. Calls placed to his line indicated it was switched off.