Oko Polytechnic Demands Return Of Students As Polytechnic Staff School Owed 2 Months Arrears Of Salary

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that the Members of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko and the Rector today visited the Polytechnic Staff School to tackle their problems headlong. 

Although the Rector stayed briefly by dashing out for other engagements, the Governing Council members stayed long examining their complaints and their poor working condition with a promise to turn things around for them. The Rector is also in the spirit and the staff would be better for it.

But there were fears of witch-hunting scheming among the staff but odogwuemekaodogwu.com authoritatively revealed that the Council and the Rector are disposed in paying the arrears of salary and salary shortchange exclusively reported by odogwuemekaodogeu.com and later part of the report appeared in The Sun Newspapers with the name of The Nation Reporter.

 The Nation Reporter was sacked for alleged moonlighting based on petition from Federal Polytechnic Oko PRO , one Obini Onuchukwu that he was bias against them in Sun and reported in The Sun while working for The Nation even with about 30 minutes reaction reflected in the report. 

But as at today the staff Polytechnic school is a ghost of itself and the staffers are suffering and deprived . They are owed two months’ salary arrears , months of May and June but they paid themselves from the school fees of the students for the month of April. The Polytechnic paid them last March 2014. 

They were already owed months of arrears yet unpaid and years of shortchange in salaries which the Governing council presupposedly has reached a consensus with the Rector to tackle once and for good. 

Everybody is expecting that the chagrin of the staff of the Polytechnic Staff school would end soon and Prof Onu and Governing Council receive thumps up from students and staff. 

Meanwhile ,Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that students from Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, are preparing to go back to school based on information circulating on the social media and sent to their phones reportedly also published in some newspapers and broadcast in some radio and television .

They were excited over that but were scared as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) said they have not called off the strike.

Professor Godwin Onu, in a statement said to have been signed by the Registrar , Tony Olih -Nwaokolobia announced the resumption of the Polytechnic on Monday 7^th July ,2014 to avoid missing out the academic year completely.

The old students and new students are asked to return to the school but whatever the situation would cause only time would tell based on tensed mood between the ASUP in Oko and the Rector as well as between the Community and the Rector.

Prof Onu had pleaded with members of the institution’s ASUP union, to call off their strike that has lasted for 11 months.

Already odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that there are two sets of first year students in the institution, with those who have gained admission unsure of when they will resume studies and particularly when they will resume studies.

Odogwuemekaodoguw.com quotes Dailyschoolnews on the award to the Registrar of Federal Polytechnic Oko. It said the  Registrar of the institution, Mr. Nwokolobia, was honoured with the leadership excellence award as the most outstanding Delta State indigene in the academia, Onu, who spoke through the deputy rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Don Muo, regretted that students who ought to have graduated had remained at home, while those who have completed all the processes for admission, were yet to begin lectures and are just staying at home doing absolutely nothing.

This particular award was conferred on him by leaders of Nigerian Youths Students Mandate, NYSM.

According to Mr. Tony, who said that the ASUP strike has deprived the students the opportunity to receive lectures for a full academic session. He noted that both the striking workers and students had missed a lot. But sincerely speaking, who is losing here? if not the students?

Coordinator of NYSM, Comrade Davidson Ebere, who also attend the ceremony, said that Nwokolobia, who hails from Illa in Oshimili South local government area of Delta State, was selected for the award because of his dedication to the growth of academics and concern for the progress of youths as future leaders of Nigeria.

According to Nwokolobia, who said that Nwokolobia has been source of inspiration for Nigerian students in almost all part of the country. the Coordinator also went on to add that they would continue to approach him for necessary advice as they mature in their various endeavours.

He urged the country’s leaders to be mindful of the way they treat the youths because they were the hope for future development.

He said: “Our duty is to continue to grow and groom students to be better citizens and our promise is that we will not go below the expectation of Nigerians”.

We would love you to recall that the asup strike commence last year October, and till date, has not been called off.