The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of Tertiary institutions, Kogi State, has declared 5 days warning strike from January 16, 2017 to press home their demands, Our Kogi State Correspondent reports.
This was contained in the 5th communiqué issued on Thursday January 12 at the meeting held at Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa.
The communiqué, which was signed by JAC Chairman, Tolufase Henry, and Secretary, Akubo Odoma said the meeting held with top government officials led by the Secretary to Kogi State Government, Folashade Arike Ayoade ended in a stalemate as none of their demands were met.
The communiqué added that the SSG demanded JAC to give the government two weeks to publish the names of the affected workers by the review committee which they are not satisfied with after 12 month of an unsuccessful screening exercise.
It stressed that all communiqué issued by JAC remain valid, adding that an injury to one is an injury to all.
It noted that the report of the screening committee was incomplete and did not bring up the list of staff that has unclear issues with the screening committee as well as reasons each person was not clear.
The communiqué urged government to give all unclear persons a final opportunity to defend themselves before an appeal committee within a period of one month after which established fraudulent practices should be prosecuted adding that membership of the appeal committee should not include members of the current review committee and should include JAC representatives.
As a matter of urgency and necessity, the congress advice the government to appoint persons who are credible, experienced and of unquestionable character to various governing councils of Tertiary Institutions in the State.
The statement said since there was no directive from government on specific banks to operate as salary accounts, declaring such categories of workers as ghost workers is unacceptable as they should be cleared and paid immediately.
They advised government to take a bold step by decentralizing the screening appeal committee, because those they would be re-screening have not been paid.
JAC observed that the promises of government to pay all genuine workers on or before December 20, 2016 did not materialize, stating that not all genuine workers have been paid.
The statement revealed that their members on study leave abroad who have gone to develop themselves in order to develop the State, their salaries have been stopped.
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