College workers, Ogun labour leaders beg Amosun to pay salary

They also urged the Ibikunle Amosun administration to forgive them their shortcomings and pay their outstanding salaries.

The chairman of the Coalition Staff Union of the college, Mr. Daniel Aborisade, stated this at a prayer session and media briefing organised for God’s intervention in the payment of their salary arrears at the college conference hall in Omu-Ijebu.

Aborisade said the Amosun administration was owing TASCE workers 29 months of unpaid salaries while the Otunba Gbenga Daniel administration owed seven months with 48 salary arrears.

The union leader regretted that most of his colleagues died in this course of waiting for their salaries and other entitlements from successive administrations in the state.

He said it was a pity that government did not show any sign of concern about the plight of the workers.

Abhorisade admonished his colleagues to be forthright and show commitment to the struggle.

The union leader insisted that the worker would not collect anything less than 100 per cent of their salary arrears.

He added: “As we are here today for prayers and press conference in our college, we don’t need anything less than 100 per cent of our salary and arrears. I don’t why we would not be paid for two to three years. We are on top of the situation and, God willing, we will have all our salary paid to us.”

He said Amosun had tactically abandoned TASCE for reasons best known to the governor.

According to him, the government is also owing the workers several months of unremitted pension and cooperative deductions.

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The union leader said the unpaid salaries caused the death of 47 workers of the college, adding that well-meaning sons and daughters of Ogun State should prevail on Amosun to pay their backlog of salaries.

Another labour leader Comrade Akeem Ambali said no government could abolish the struggle of unions in any organisation.

He said: “You see, my dear fellow unionists, labour unionism is under the Exclusive Legislative List. I don’t see any reason why a government would decide to ban or suspend union activities in a well-known college like this. You don’t need to be afraid of intimidation. Go ahead with your struggle to free the college from total neglect. Your decision shall eventually prevail.”

Ambali noted that the success of the struggle to liberate the college from the government oppression would depending on the readiness, commitment and steadfastness of the college unions.

The union leader said this is because the government would not be bothered if the demand of the unions was not effectively pressed home.

He urged union members to continue the struggle till their demand is met.