In a display of frustration and dissatisfaction, members of staff from Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, staged a protest on Wednesday, highlighting their discontent over the non-payment of salaries and allowances spanning 10 months.
The aggrieved workers, rallying under the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, took to blocking the main gate of the institution during the protest. Armed with leaves, the protesters voiced their grievances through solidarity songs, directed at both the school and the government.
Their primary demands include the immediate payment of all outstanding salaries and the implementation of the N35,000 wage award for polytechnic staff, as directed by the Federal Government.
Nafiu Okoro, the Chairman of SSANIP, expressed concern over irregularities in salary payments, attributing some untimely deaths among workers to this issue. He revealed that the institution's management owes over 10 months' salaries to the non-teaching staff, comprising NASU and SSANIP.
"All non-teaching staff, comprising NASU and SSANIP, agreed that the government should pay all our outstanding salaries running to over 10 months. The N35,000 wage being paid to workers as palliatives in Ondo State should be extended to the institution," Okoro emphasized.
As of the time of reporting, the Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Mr. Femi Agagu, was unavailable for reaction, with calls to his phone going unanswered and a text message sent to him remaining unaddressed.
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