The Lecturers of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun, staged a protest on March 17, 2014, Monday, over the irregular payments of their salaries in the past three years, agreed to stay away from the classrooms indefinitely.
The protesting lecturers presented a letter of grievances to the Vice Chancellor of the OOU, Prof Saburi Adesanya, urged him to forward the message directly to the Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
They also carried placards with such inscriptions such as: “It is ungodly to owe people their monthly dues”, “We need government intervention at Olabisi Onabanjo University”, “The sweat of the labourer must not dry” and “Ogun State Government please save OOU from imminent collapse”.
The Chairman of the OOU branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Deji Agboola, addressed the protesters, accused Ogun State government of irregular payments.
He stated that this anomaly in the payment of their salaries has made it impossible for many of the lecturers to meet their financial obligations, such as payment of their children school fees and rent.
ASUU Chief appealed to Governor Amosun to put lecturers’ salaries in the first line charge of expenditure, just like that of the other civil and public servants in the State.
“We are tired of working for two months and receiving one month salary. Our members have affirmed that they have been deprived the opportunity to come to work as salaries are not paid,” Dr Agboola said.
The OOU ASUU boss also alleged that lecturers of the institution had in the past three years been subjected to arbitrary taxation by the State government, which led to confusions in the volume of taxes being paid by them.
The lecturers further condemned the use of the Point of Sales system for the collection of fees in the institution, describing it as exploitative and negating the White Paper issued by the Visitation Panel to the institution set up by the current administration.
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