Lecturers at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic(MAPOLY) Abeokuta have boycotted the rescheduled second semester examinations of the Ogun State Government's owned tertiary Institution over alleged unpaid outstanding salaries and allowances
Chairman of the polytechnic's branch of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Comrade Babatunde Osifalujo and General Secretary, Comrade Tomisi Adegunle who made this known in a communique jointly signed by them and made available to Edu-biznews on Wednesday at the end of the union's emergency congress held on Tuesday, vowed that they would not participate in the supervision of the examination until all their demands were met by the management
The lecturers are demanding the immediate payment of all their outstanding salaries and allowances as well as payment for a minimum of three (3) semesters of Part-Time Claims from the entire
outstanding owed by the Management of the polytechnic
The union is also insisting on the immediate remittance of all pension deductions from staff salaries put at 55 months which it stated must be accompanied with the institution's counterpart funding
ASUP in the communique asked the Ogun State Government,Governing Council and theManagement to urgently take measures at ensuring the financial stability and sustainability of the institution.
According to the union," All deductions from some staff salaries in respect of the Federal Housing Scheme should be refunded forthwith"
"The over 27 monthsof check-off dues deducted but not remitted should be paid to the
unionin earnest", ASUP stated
"No academic staff shall further participate in the rescheduled 2
nd semester, 2021/2022
examination until our demands are met"
"We remain committed to the upliftment of education in Ogun State but not to the detriment of our
welfare."the communique concluded
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