OOU LECTURERS PROTEST ALLEGED NON-PAYMENT OF 3 YEARS SALARIES

Hundreds  of lecturers of the Olabisi Onabanjo
University, Ago-Iwote yesterday, protested the
irregular payment of their salaries by the Ogun
State Government in the past three years.
The protesting lecturers who are members of
OOU branch of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities  carried placards with various
inscriptions such as "It is ungodly to owe people
their monthly dues,"We need government
intervention at Olabisi Onabanjo University," "The
sweat of the labourer must not dry" and "Ogun
State Government please save OOU from imminent
collapse."
Others bore placards saying, "Ogun Government
pays less than 70 per cent of our salaries. Is Ogun
government really broke?," "We have earned our
salaries, we should be paid promptly" and "OOU
needs more funding. We say no to the present poor
funding."
Addressing the protesting lecturers, the chairman
of the OOU branch of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, Dr. Deji Agboola said that the state
government had in the past three years formed the
habit of not paying them their salaries regularly.
The lecturers who began their demonstration at the
OOU mini-campus, Ago-Iwoye at about 10am took
their protest to the institution's permanent site
located about seven kilometres away where they
sensitizes the students on their action.
They later presented their letter of grievances to
the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Saburi Adesanya for
onward transmission to Governor Ibikunle Amosun.