The staff of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, on
Thursday protested alleged victimisation and high
handedness by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Azuzu.
The aggrieved staff blocked the Ado-Lokoja-Abuja federal
highway as early as 7a.m and made bonfire.
Youths in the town capitalised on it by blocking alternative
routes where they demanded money from commuters before
they could be allowed passage.
The aggrieved staff accused the VC of non-payment of
allowances and non-remittance of tax deducted from their
salaries to the appropriate quarters.
Roads leading to the university and the main gate were
blocked thereby preventing top management staff and
visitors into the school.
The university was among the nine federal universities
established by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.
A staff, Mr. Ojo Foluso, lamented that the management of
the school was cheating them, adding that the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, and the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
has not responded to their request for probe.
Foluso alleged that VC would return N400 million to the
Federal Ministry of Education as unspent budget for 2014
this December when workers were languishing in suffering.
One of the academic staff, a PhD holder, who spoke with
journalists under condition of anonymity because there had
yet to be a union in the institution alleged that the VC and
the bursar had been denying the staff relocation and hazard
allowances.
He said, “No to anti-transformational agenda. Oye/Ido/Osi
axis is volatile politically in the history of the country, but
we are for President Jonathan. That is why we want him to
wade into this matter without delay.
“Under normal circumstances, each senior staff ought to
receive between N1.2m to N1.5 million as relocation
allowance as introduced by the federal government in 2007.
But we were only paid N252,000 in three installments when
our agitations were becoming so deafening.
“To end all these problems, we call on the university to
implement the recommendations of the Prof Aganga-
committee which stated that tax must no longer be based
on consolidation but be worked based on basic salaries of
all workers and the excess deductions must be refunded to
all workers without delay.
“Again, the National Housing Scheme which the
management has mandated should be made optional while
all allowances being paid in Federal University, Otuoke,
Bayelsa State and in Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State
and other Federal Universities established in 2011 should
be paid without delay.”
When journalists visited the institution, a security man at
the gate said the VC was not available.
Efforts to reach him on phone was also not successful as
his telephone indicated switch off.

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