By Ijendu Iheaka
February 10, 2017
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has
approved implementation of a new salary structure for workers of Abia
State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) in Aba.
Mr Samuel Kalu, Secretary, Senior Staff Association of Universities,
Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Allied Institutions
(SSAUTHRIAI), ABSUTH Chapter, made the disclosure in an interview with
our reporter in Aba on Friday.
Kalu said the workers applauded Ikpeazu for approving the
Consolidated Health Salary Structure and Consolidated Medical Salary
Structure.
He said that the union’s struggle for the implementation of the salary scale in Abia began in 2011.
ABSUTH workers had embarked on strike on Dec. 19, 2016 to demand
the implementation of new salary scale, payment of three years pension
arrears to its pensioners and refund of cooperative deductions to staff.
He said that Ikpeazu’s good gesture toward ABSUTH had finally erased
the six years of salary scale disparity existing within the
institution.
Kalu also said the deductions had been released and the pensioners
paid one month arrears pending verification to enable them get their pay
cheques.
He therefore, urged staff of the institution who had not heard of
the resumption to return and participate in the ongoing personnel audit
to enable them get paid.
“We are grateful to Dr Okezie Ikpeazu for giving this approval. We
are equally grateful to the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Obinna Oriaku,
he is a good man.
“We equally thank our Chief Medical Director, who led us to that
fight and pleaded greatly on behalf of the workforce. We are really
grateful to them,” Kalu said.
No comments:
Post a Comment