The Osun lecturers
The lecturers, who had been on strike for the past three months
were led by leaders of the body including Chairman, Lasisi Jimoh;
Secretary Olusegun Lana and Public Relations Officer, Dotun Omisore.
The lecturers, who were armed with placards with various
inscriptions, were chanting, ‘Save our Souls’, ‘Enough is Enough’,
‘Pay our Salaries’ and ‘We Reject Half Salaries’, sang anti-government
songs.
They also rejected the plan of
the state government to pay half salaries while saying they would not
submit themselves to fresh screening directed by the government.
The irate lecturers said the plan of the state government to pay
workers half salaries was shocking because the state had received its
share of the bailout fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The letter was signed by the CASUOSTI Chairman, Lasisi Jimoh;
secerayry, Olusegun Lana; Chairman Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic,
Iree, Dotun Omisore; ASUP chairman, Esa Oke, Adesola Akande; COEASU
Ila-Orangun Chairman, Segun Onifade and COEASU Ilesa Chairman, Oladele
Ojo.
The
Chief Whip of the House of Assembly, Mr. Folorunsho Bamisayemi, while
addressing the protesters appealed to them to exercise patience, saying
efforts were underway to ensure their demands were met.
However, the Speaker, Mr. Najeem Salam, after after spending some minutes with the protesters walked out on them.
The Secretary of the council, who spoke with our correspondent,
said lecturers had been on strike for the past months without government
seeking to negotiate with them.
Lana said, “We came to the House of Assembly to submit Save Our
Souls letter. The protest went well until the Speaker walked out on us.
” The state government has not been remitting pension deductions
from our salaries to our Pension Fund Administrators, this is against
the law. The deductions are supposed to be remitted seven days after
salaries are paid but this is not happening.”
Lana also stated that the institutions were understaffed and the
few lecturers were overburdened despite not being paid for many months
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