Staff members of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has charged the institution’s Governing Council to commence the implementation of the new minimum wage immediately.
The staff members made the call in a communique issued at the end of a meeting on Friday.
They also noted that the tertiary education salary scale published by the state government is absurd.
The communique read:
“The Governing Council of the Institution is the only body known to the law that is saddled with discussion of salary and emoluments matters and not the Ministry of Education or any of its agents.
“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 so-called Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary scale published by Oyo State government is an absurdity as National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) is the regulatory body for Polytechnic Education in Nigeria, therefore, 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.
“National Salaries and Wages Commissions table specification on Basic Salary of thirty thousand naira (N30,000.00) Minimum wage should be upheld as it is on thing that calculations of statutory allowances are made. Oyo State Government has ignored this by deviating.
“The oddious draft of Oyo State Tertiary Education Salary Scale has struck out Housing Allowance for workers in The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
“It is observed that a Salary Table from all institution of comparable status in Nigeria captures Basic and Rent allowances. These are used in calculating Pension and Gratuity, thus anything at variance with this is not acceptable to the workers of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
“It is imperative for the Governing Council of The Polytechnic, Ibadan to commence without further delay, the implementation of the consequential Salary Adjustment as a result of the implementation of the National Minimum Wage nationally.”
