Members of the Coalition of Edo State Union of Owned Tertiary Institutions yesterday threatened to resume their strike against the state government for non-payment of salaries to workers of colleges in the state and the alleged sacking of over 34 staff of the institutions.
Workers of the College of Education, Ekiadolor, Institute of Management Technology, Usen, College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi, and College of Education, Igueben had last December suspended its protracted strike following an agreement reached between the state government and the institutions to meet the demands of their workers.
However, indications emerged yesterday that staff of the affected institutions may not resume academic activities over what they described as lack of insincerity on the part of the government in redeeming its earlier promise.
Speaking on the matter, chairman of the union, Comrade Fred Omonuwa, alleged that workers of the affected institutions were being marginalised while some have been sacked on account of their agitation for better welfare for its members, adding that their families had to go begging to celebrate the Christmas.
He said, “The situation is pathetic as far as we are concerned; there is a war going on. We believe that the state government is waging war against workers of Edo State’s tertiary institutions. We have not received our salaries even when the state government came up with what is referred to as federal grant to pay the backlog of salaries management was owing and it is just that once”.
“We are wondering if it is just that one they owe even as we speak our own subvention has not come. Last December, we didn’t celebrate with salaries. Primary and secondary have received their salaries while some are even owed up to four months.
“Coupled with this, about 34 staff of these institutions has been sacked and we learnt it was on the orders of the government which is a fall out from the protest. We are meeting to look at the issue of non-sincerity, non- payment of salaries and the issue of sack and breach of agreement with the state government. So, it is the beginning of strike from January 2015.
Sourced: Leadership.ng
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