Ibadan Poly Workers Reject Oyo Government Salary Scale.
Members of staff of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State have rejected the Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary Scale published by the state Government for workers in the state-owned Polytechnics as well as Colleges of Education.
The polytechnic workers’ rejection of the salary scale was stated in a notice on Wednesday. It was also signed by the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Polytechnics, Biodun Abegunde; Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union, Ibraheem Akande; and Representative of the teaching staff; T.M. Oyebola.
The workers said the Governing Council of the Institutions were the only body burdened with the talks of salary and other important matters and not the Ministry of Education or any of its agents.
The salary scale was described as absurd, emphasizing on the fact that collapsing salary scales of polytechnics and colleges of education without considering their uniqueness was a grave error on the part of the state government.
The bulletin read; ”Oyo State Government is acting in the breach of the Edict and Laws that established The Polytechnic, Ibadan by alienating the Governing Council in its rightful duties.
”The Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary scale published by Oyo State government is an absurdity as National Board for Technical Education is the regulatory body for Polytechnic Education in Nigeria. It is odd, absurd, and repulsive that a scale of salary is put up by Oyo State Government for workers in The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
”Collapsing the salary scales of both Polytechnics and College of Education in Oyo State as a single document without recognizing the earlier unique nature of these institutions and peculiarities of their salary scales is a grave error on the part of Oyo State Government. It is unprecedented.
It is observed that a salary table from all institution of comparable status in Nigeria captures basic needs and rent allowances. These are used in calculation pension and gratuity. Thus, anything at variance with this is not acceptable to the workers of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.”
