The Joint Action Committee JAC of all trade unions comprising ASUP, COEASU, SSANIP, SSUCOEN and NASU in the six Oyo State-owned tertiary institutions, yesterday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to state government over unpaid salary arrears.
The JAC chairman, Comrade Afees Adeniyi (For Chairmen of ASUP, COEASU, SSANIP, NASU and SSUCOEN) in a communique issued at the end of a meeting held in Saki area of the state and made available to newsmen on Monday, said government should pay all the salary arrears of between three and 18 months.
According to them, failure of which all the workers in the six tertiary institutions will resume their suspended industrial action by 12:01pm of Monday, 14th January, 2019.
It directed all the trade unions that belong to (JAC) and also affiliated of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to align themselves with any actions embarked upon by the state chapter, as regard the struggles for the actualization of national minimum wage and payment of 3-18 months accrued salary arrears of workers.
The meeting reviewed JAC’s activities in the year 2018, especially the resolution that JAC will not hesitate to direct all the trade Unions in the six institutions to resume their suspended industrial action and protest should the government failed to release adequate funds to defray the 3-18 months owed backlog of arrears of salaries on or before the end of December, 2018 (the decision that was taken on the 20th December, 2018 at the meeting that was held at The Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa).
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