A lecturer in a tertiary institution in Osun State
(name withheld), on Thursday, collapsed inside a
bank located within the institution’s premises
following a discrepancy in his salary.
Witnesses said the lecturer fainted after
discovering that his account had only been
credited with N150 by the state government as 50
percent of his February salary instead of N150,000.
The lecturer, who is a post-graduate student at the
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA),
according to a witness, lamented, after being
resuscitated by the bank’s officials, that the money
paid by the government into his account could not
even transport him to Akure, where he was billed
to write an examination.
The man, it was gathered, also disclosed that he
had some outstanding fees to pay at the university
which he had proposed to pay with the expected
salary.
As of the time of this report, he was said to be in a
private hospital in Osogbo where his blood
pressure, which had increased as a result of the
shocking discovery in his account, was being
managed.
Staff members of four tertiary institutions in the
state – Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke;
Osun State Polytechnic, Iree and colleges of
education in Ilesa and Ila-Oragun – have expressed
concern over alleged discrepancies in the payment
of their salaries since November 2014.
A lecturer in the Department of Accounting in one
of the schools (name withheld) lamented that his
gross salary and net pay were N210,000 and
N140,000, respectively, but he only received the
sum of N260 as his February salary.
A management staff of the institution, whose
salary is about N400,000, was also said to have
received N12,000 for the same month.
Many teaching and non-teaching staff members of
the institutions have criticised the state
government for what they called the abnormalities
being witnessed in the payment of their
outstanding salaries.
It was also alleged that monies deducted by the
state government from workers’ salaries for the
purpose of schemes like the cooperative society
had not been remitted since August 2014.
When Saturday Tribune visited the institutions on
Friday, the gates were locked by workers who were
protesting the development.
A worker at one of the institutions told Saturday
Tribune that he collected the sum of N30,000 in
December, N58,000 in January, while he received
N125 as his take-home for the month of February.
He said fuelling his car from Ilesa to Esa-Oke had
become a problem, just as he had been unable to
collect his children’s report sheets from a private
school in Ilesa because he could not pay their
tuition.
The Public Relations Officer of the Academic Staff
Union of state-owned institutions, and ASUP
chairman of the state Polytechnic, Iree, Mr Dotun
Omisore, in an interview with Saturday Tribune
confirmed the ordeal of the lecturer who fainted
and also condemned the “abnormalities and
irregularities” in the payment of salaries of
workers, saying that “we will not call off our strike
until all our salaries and deductions” are paid by
the state government.
Omisore warned that the deduction of workers’
contributions to the contributory pension scheme
by the state government since about 36 months
ago allegedly without remittance to the pension
managers must also stop.
“If they cannot account for the one they have
deducted, they should stop further deductions. Our
pension is our hope and future. After 30 or 35
years in service, what are we expected to collect if
the government is not remitting it?”
Omisore, however, disclosed that the Chief of Staff
to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, had invited
labour leaders in the institutions to a meeting this
weekend to discuss the “abnormality” in the
payment of salaries.
(name withheld), on Thursday, collapsed inside a
bank located within the institution’s premises
following a discrepancy in his salary.
Witnesses said the lecturer fainted after
discovering that his account had only been
credited with N150 by the state government as 50
percent of his February salary instead of N150,000.
The lecturer, who is a post-graduate student at the
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA),
according to a witness, lamented, after being
resuscitated by the bank’s officials, that the money
paid by the government into his account could not
even transport him to Akure, where he was billed
to write an examination.
The man, it was gathered, also disclosed that he
had some outstanding fees to pay at the university
which he had proposed to pay with the expected
salary.
As of the time of this report, he was said to be in a
private hospital in Osogbo where his blood
pressure, which had increased as a result of the
shocking discovery in his account, was being
managed.
Staff members of four tertiary institutions in the
state – Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke;
Osun State Polytechnic, Iree and colleges of
education in Ilesa and Ila-Oragun – have expressed
concern over alleged discrepancies in the payment
of their salaries since November 2014.
A lecturer in the Department of Accounting in one
of the schools (name withheld) lamented that his
gross salary and net pay were N210,000 and
N140,000, respectively, but he only received the
sum of N260 as his February salary.
A management staff of the institution, whose
salary is about N400,000, was also said to have
received N12,000 for the same month.
Many teaching and non-teaching staff members of
the institutions have criticised the state
government for what they called the abnormalities
being witnessed in the payment of their
outstanding salaries.
It was also alleged that monies deducted by the
state government from workers’ salaries for the
purpose of schemes like the cooperative society
had not been remitted since August 2014.
When Saturday Tribune visited the institutions on
Friday, the gates were locked by workers who were
protesting the development.
A worker at one of the institutions told Saturday
Tribune that he collected the sum of N30,000 in
December, N58,000 in January, while he received
N125 as his take-home for the month of February.
He said fuelling his car from Ilesa to Esa-Oke had
become a problem, just as he had been unable to
collect his children’s report sheets from a private
school in Ilesa because he could not pay their
tuition.
The Public Relations Officer of the Academic Staff
Union of state-owned institutions, and ASUP
chairman of the state Polytechnic, Iree, Mr Dotun
Omisore, in an interview with Saturday Tribune
confirmed the ordeal of the lecturer who fainted
and also condemned the “abnormalities and
irregularities” in the payment of salaries of
workers, saying that “we will not call off our strike
until all our salaries and deductions” are paid by
the state government.
Omisore warned that the deduction of workers’
contributions to the contributory pension scheme
by the state government since about 36 months
ago allegedly without remittance to the pension
managers must also stop.
“If they cannot account for the one they have
deducted, they should stop further deductions. Our
pension is our hope and future. After 30 or 35
years in service, what are we expected to collect if
the government is not remitting it?”
Omisore, however, disclosed that the Chief of Staff
to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, had invited
labour leaders in the institutions to a meeting this
weekend to discuss the “abnormality” in the
payment of salaries.
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