December 17, 2018.
By Ijendu Iheaka
Staff of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, under the umbrella of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) have appealed to Abia Government over their unpaid salaries.
The union also urged the state government not to politicise the payment in relation to the political developments in the state.
Nwachukwu disclosed this in an interview with our reporter in Aba on Monday.
The union made the call after the government announced closure of the polytechnic following alleged plans by opposition parties to use its members to cause mayhem.
“That statement is unfortunate. They should pay staff their salaries. From January to December 2018, they have not paid anybody in this school a single salary.
“They are just struggling now to pay just one month which is for January 2018. They should pay us our salaries. If they pay us our salaries, we will be okay. They should not politicise it.
“We are not politicians and cannot leave our work to go into politics. Our work is different from politicking. That is what we are telling them”, he said.
The state government in a media release signed by Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okeiyi-Kalu on Monday said the institution was being shut down because of a planned protest.
Okeiyi-Kalu said that the protest allegedly being sponsored by the opposition parties was to use “lecturers to breach public peace”.
He said that the planned activity was illegal as the management of the institution had officially closed it down for the 2018 Christmas break.
He said the government had in the last three weeks given N200 million subvention to the school.
He however noted that the amount would not be enough to pay the workers all their salary arrears.
That the staff have been on strike for about two weeks over alleged nonpayment of 11 months’ salary debts owed them by the government.
By Ijendu Iheaka
Staff of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, under the umbrella of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) have appealed to Abia Government over their unpaid salaries.
The union also urged the state government not to politicise the payment in relation to the political developments in the state.
Nwachukwu disclosed this in an interview with our reporter in Aba on Monday.
The union made the call after the government announced closure of the polytechnic following alleged plans by opposition parties to use its members to cause mayhem.
“That statement is unfortunate. They should pay staff their salaries. From January to December 2018, they have not paid anybody in this school a single salary.
“They are just struggling now to pay just one month which is for January 2018. They should pay us our salaries. If they pay us our salaries, we will be okay. They should not politicise it.
“We are not politicians and cannot leave our work to go into politics. Our work is different from politicking. That is what we are telling them”, he said.
The state government in a media release signed by Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okeiyi-Kalu on Monday said the institution was being shut down because of a planned protest.
Okeiyi-Kalu said that the protest allegedly being sponsored by the opposition parties was to use “lecturers to breach public peace”.
He said that the planned activity was illegal as the management of the institution had officially closed it down for the 2018 Christmas break.
He said the government had in the last three weeks given N200 million subvention to the school.
He however noted that the amount would not be enough to pay the workers all their salary arrears.
That the staff have been on strike for about two weeks over alleged nonpayment of 11 months’ salary debts owed them by the government.
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