Members of the Non Academic Staff Union NASU of The Polytechnic Ibadan chapter on Wednesday declared an indefinite strike over non-payment of eight-month salary arrears being owed them by the Oyo State Government.
The union, while declaring that it will not resume work until the arrears were cleared by the state government, added that failure of the state government to increase monthly subventions to the institution has caused a lot of damages in the polytechnic.
Newsmen recalls that the union, when its counterparts at the Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa embarked on an indefinite strike had last month, threatened to also down tool should the state government fail to pay their eight-month salaries.
NASU Chairman, The Polytechnic Ibadan chapter, Ibrahim Akande, who addressed journalists shortly after the commencement of the indefinite strike on Wednesday, stated that the union had no other option than to declare the indefinite strike in order to press home their demands.
Akande, who commended members of the union for abiding with the union’s directive on the strike, remarked that the union decided to commence the industrial action because the government had failed to fulfill its promises to the union.
He revealed that part of the reasons the union embarked on the strike were the reduction of the monthly subventions, noting that union will not resume work if the government fails to increase monthly subvention of the institution.
Source: Daily Post
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