The Union therefore demands that the Ogun State Government, the Governing Council and the MAPOLY Management should ensure that our members are paid all the outstanding salaries and part claims on or before the 31st of December, 2022. Failure to grant this request may make it difficult for the Union to continue to guarantee industrial harmony on campus
The Academic Staff Union of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta has warned of imminent industrial disharmony in the institution if members’ three months salaries were not paid on or before December 31st this year.
The Union said members remained particularly worried over what they considered as lackadaisical attitude of both Government and Management of the polytechnic towards their welfare.
In a letter signed by the Union’s leaders – Osifalujo Babatunde (Chairman) and Adegunle Tomisi( General Secretary) which was addressed to the Management of the polytechnic, the lecturers lamented that despite commitment of staff to duty, they had been deprived of their “monthly salaries and allowances for three (3) consecutive months” while Part-Time teaching Claims remained unpaid for Seven (7) consecutive semesters.
While the Union pledged to remain committed to the upliftment of the institution, but was also quick to add that such commitment would no longer translate to making members to be perpetually celebrating new year in penury and want.
The Union also lamented that Ogun is the only state in Nigeria where a public educational institution is left to finance both her recurrent and capital expenditure from it’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
The letter addressed to the Rector read: OPEN LETTER TO THE MANAGEMENT OF MOSHOOD ABIOLA POLYTECHNIC.
The Union writes to express the displeasure of its Congress subsequent to the inability of the Management to as at this date pay our salaries for the months of October to December 2022. The recent comments made by a senior Ogun State Government official on a radio Life Broadcast, claiming that the Ogun State government is not aware of the financial plights of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) made the matter worst.
We consider the statement made in the public by the Public Officer not only to be pathetic but uncharitable; especially when one considers that members of staff of the Polytechnic have remained committed to duty despite been deprived of their monthly salaries and allowances for three (3) consecutive months. Even Part-Time teaching Claims have remained unpaid for Seven (7) consecutive semesters.
We are particularly grieved because of the lackadaisical attitude of both Government and Management towards the welfare of our members.
Ours, is the only state in Nigeria where a public educational institution is left to finance both her recurrent and capital expenditure from it’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The Management on its part has not seen any reason to have ensured that even the meagre IGR comes in promptly. Or how do we describe a situation where newly admitted students find it difficult to pay because somebody can not put the portal in the right shape? The Management needs to timely enable the students to register and commence payments on the Polytechnic portal.
We therefore reiterate that Moshood Abiola Polytechnic is not a private entity but an Ogun State Government owned institution; as such the State Government must rise to take up her responsibility.
The Union therefore demands that the Ogun State Government, the Governing Council and the MAPOLY Management should ensure that our members are paid all the outstanding salaries and part claims on or before the 31st of December, 2022. Failure to grant this request may make it difficult for the Union to continue to guarantee industrial harmony on campus.
We remain committed to the upliftment of our dear institution, but not at the detriment of perpetually celebrating the new year in penury and want.
OSIFALUJO, Babatunde – Chairman ADEGUNLE, Tomisi – General Secretary
