By: Ade Phillips
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has given approval for the payment of three months’ outstanding salary arrears to workers of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo.
The arrears spanning three months were disbursed to the workers on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Mr. Adegun Simon Olorunwa, the Rector of the Polytechnic, confirmed the payment on Thursday and expressed gratitude to the Governor for fulfilling his promise to address the lingering salary challenge facing the institution.
The Governor had recently promissed that his administration would work on resolving some of the major challenges facing the institution.
The Governor gave the assurance while addressing thousands of the students who met him at the gate of the school in Owo on his way to Ikare Akoko two weeks ago.
The students had given the Governor and his entourage a rousing reception, shantung solidarity songs and urging the Governor to address them.
The Governor, who thanked the students for the warm reception, said he was aware of some of the challenges facing the institution, especially the issues of arrears of salaries and entitlement of teaching and non-teaching staff.
On the directive of the Governor, the Head of Service of the State, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, had engaged the management of the institution towards finding lasting solutions to the issues that have threatened to cripple the academic calendar of the institution in recent years.
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