The educational and non-academic employees unions of Abia State College (ABSU), Uturu, have launched into strike over eleven months of unpaid wage.
It was discovered that the employees by their varied union leaders had given the varsity administration a deadline of December 31 to pay the unpaid salaries.
Following the strike, ABSU college students haven’t but resumed their research after the festive interval.
The Chairman of the Tutorial Workers Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), Abia State College (ABSU), Uturu Chapter, Dr. Chidi Mbah stated the strike will finish in 2011 and 2012
Mbah stated that for the reason that incumbent authorities got here to energy, they’ve been lively; they’ve launched grants that the college can increase.
“Nevertheless, we all know that the subsidy isn’t sufficient as a result of the wage invoice is about 320 million euros, whereas the state authorities releases 100 million euros monthly, which he inherited from his predecessor.
“However since he (Otti) got here on board, he has launched that cash often however we have now a deficit of ₦220 million.
“In line with the administration, the earnings that the varsity generates to reinforce regardless of the state authorities provides is sadly not sufficient to pay all of the employees as a result of excessive stage of cost we have now on the epic stage of the employees.
“For the reason that new authorities took workplace, we aren’t essentially due salaries, though the December wage was paid about two weeks in the past; Some have obtained it, whereas others have but to obtain theirs.
Mbah defined that authorities is a continuum and that they’ve already written to each the state authorities and administration since September 26.
“We instructed them that if nothing was accomplished till December 31, we’d lay down the devices. That’s the reason we have now began the strike now.”
He added that they don’t seem to be preventing towards the administration or the state authorities however simply need the state authorities to listen to their voice.
