Pay salary areas – NANS calls out Gov. Obaseki
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to ensure the payment of about 16 months’ salary arrears to lecturers of the Ambrose Ali University.
The Edo State Government has been called out by the National association of Nigerian students(NANS)to improve on budgetary allocations to Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma and other tertiary institutions in the state.
The student body whose major duty is to look after the welfare of the entire Nigerian students across the nation has stressed that failure of the state government to pay the 16months areas owned by them has led to lecturers been frustrated, and this has greatly affected the learning of students as the lecturers are unable to carry out their responsibilities properly or reach out to students.
The Chairman, NANS Joint Campus Committee, Edo State Axis, Moses Emmanuel, in a statement on Sunday 30th January 2022, said that learning is at its “worst in AAU Ekpoma because lecturers and non-academic staff are being owed over 16 months’ salary and other cooperative deductions are running into billions of naira.”
Emmanuel complained bitterly as cooperative society, which used to be the financial lifeline for many of the staff members, has been crippled due to inconsistent payment of salaries. In his words, “It has become higly important to publicly call the attention of his execellency Godwin Obaseki, to the fast dwindling state of all the state-owned tertiary institutions, mostly AAU Ekpoma, which is a reputable state-owned citadel of learning in the history of Nigeria Tertiary education.
“Today, the pace at which the renovations is going on in that place has not only become slow, but projects that are being currently executed do not in any way justify the closing down of the school for more than four years now and still counting, however it will be of immense impact if his excellency can call to the students who are already frustrated at home to resume their academic work before the end of his second term in 2024.
