The welfare of salary, Incentives as motivation and promotions when due are not priviledges but a right from the leader.
It is on this premise l want to salute the creation of the 5- Member Committee to review Rugipo finances amid unpaid salary crisis by the Hon Commissioner of Finance for Ondo- State.
It is no news that Rugipo staff are on Strike for legitimate demands.ln this hard time with attendant basic responsibilities, it is a misnormal for any sector of worker to be owned six months salary arrears.
The question to be asked is how are they feeding? How are they maintaining their homes? How do they pay the school fees of their children and house rents? How do they attend to their health challenges and if they cannot meet up with these challenges with the present day astronomical cost of living, then, why are they working?
Before the advent of the incumbent Governor, salary arrears had been on ground in Rugipo but then the unions were not silent.
With the coming of Gov Aiyedatiwa, a succour was made which earned him accolades from the entire Polytechnic but no sooner that was made a sudden stoppage emerged and the lingering problem persisted.
The creation of the 5 member committee is an act that came at the nick of time.l know the Committee is saddled with a onerous task to bail out the institution from problems that occasioned incessant strike.
The issue of welfare should not be traded on ethnicity as it is perceived now.Non of the members in the institution worked better for the ascendency of Aiyedatiwa as the Governor of Ondo -State than any of the present union leaders in the institution.
It is therefore an abberration for some selected few to start this ugly propaganda that the union leaders are against Aiyedatiwa and the ilaje people.
These peddlers should stop this emotional and sentimental philosophy that will further impede the growth of the lnstitution.
During the regime of the late Governor Akeredolu, strikes followed empty promises and if similar thing happened now the question is- ls it because they do not want Aiyedatiwa?No and not so.
The current strike demands an attention so that the incessant strike arising from non payment of salaries and other sundry issues can be nipped in the bud.
I want to appreciate the concern of the government in this direction by alleviating the sufferings of the workforce in Rugipo.
In same vein, kudos to the Ondo State House of Assembly for showing some concerns by having an interface with the stake holders in the institution with a view to present a doable report to the Governor.
The divide and rule system as a script to the Government cannot help the institution.This is the time for the Polytechnic community to eschew flimsy excuses on sentiments and ethic bigotry and allow the panel constituted by the Honorable Commissioner of Finance and the respected body of the House of Assembly to utilise their wills for the survival of the institution and to attend proactively to the welfare of the workers.
Iam not an advocate of strike but when all negotiations, appeals and legitimate means to resolve issues that bothered on sustenance of life fails, then, the language in unionism is strike
One thing is certain, all workers buy from thesame market in Ondo- State.Let Rugipo sing a better song.
Pastor Ojo Samuel(JP)
A concerned Nigerian citizen/ retiree
+ There are no comments
Add yours