Ondo Tertiary Institutions: mass protest looms over wage award

By: Ade Phillips

Barring any last minutes change of plans, the workers of the Ondo State-owned Tertiary Institutions have drawn the battle line with the Government for exempting them from the payment of approved wage award of #35,000.

Tayo Ogungbeni, the Chairman of Joint Action Committee —Ondo State Tertiary Institutions, in a noticed conveyed to all branch Chairmen, after the leadership of JAC had met virtually, said “congress should be held on Monday and decision to embark on protest be communicated to the various management”

The notice obtained by Starnews NG reads, “We should embark on mass protest simultaneously across campuses starting from our gates to campus with adequate press coverages and recorded videos should be posted to this platform.

“The mass protest across all the Tertiary Institutions will be held between Tuesday, 23rd TO Thursday, 25TH January, 2024.

“If the State Government refuses to do something about our plights we shall occupy Alagbaka immediately.

“Kindly ensure adequate mobilization of all our members for this mother of all protest across all the tertiary Institutions in Ondo state.

Joint Action Committee, comprises of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).

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