JUST IN: Ibadan Poly Staff Unions reject Makinde’s new minimum wage, say it’s repulsive

The staff unions of The Polytechnic Ibadan, on Friday, rejected a new salary scale being proposed by Oyo State Government, they described the move as odd, absurd and repulsive.

This is disclosed in a communique jointly signed by Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) – Comrade ’Biodun Abegunde; Chairman of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) – Comrade Akande Ibraheem and representative of teaching staff – Mrs. T.M. Oyebola, at the end of a general meeting held at the Conference Center of the institution.

The staff unions faulted Oyo State Government for usurping the constitutional duties of the school’s governing council. According to the communique, the Governing Council of the institution is the only body known to the law that is saddled with discussion of salary and emoluments matters and not the Ministry of Education or any of its agents.

It further stated that the Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary scale published by Oyo State government is an absurdity as National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is the regulatory body for Polytechnic Education in Nigeria, therefore, it is odd, absurd and repulsive that a scale of salary is put up by Oyo State Government for workers in The Polytechnic, Ibadan.

The communique noted that the table proposed by the state government is alien to the Polytechnic system, as it included Peculiar Allowance and Earned Allowance, which are only obtainable in the College of Education while Housing Allowance was removed from the salaries.

The Unions insists that Oyo State Government must implement National Salaries and Wages Commissions table specification on Basic Salary of N30,000.00 Minimum wage.