Written by:
Saheed Salawu

A lecturer in a tertiary institution in Osun State (name withheld), on Thursday, collapsed inside a bank located within the institution’s premises following a discrepancy in his salary.

Witnesses said the lecturer fainted after discovering that his account had only been credited with N150 by the state government as 50 percent of his February salary instead of N150,000.

The lecturer, who is a post-graduate student at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), according to a witness, lamented, after being resuscitated by the bank’s officials, that the money paid by the government into his account could not even transport him to Akure, where he was billed to write an examination.

The man, it was gathered, also disclosed that he had some outstanding fees to pay at the university which he had proposed to pay with the expected salary.

As of the time of this report, he was said to be in a private hospital in Osogbo where his blood pressure, which had increased as a result of the shocking discovery in his account, was being managed.

Staff members of four tertiary institutions in the state - Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke; Osun State Polytechnic, Iree and colleges of education in Ilesa and Ila-Oragun - have expressed concern over alleged discrepancies in the payment of their salaries since November 2014.

A lecturer in the Department of Accounting in one of the schools (name withheld) lamented that his gross salary and net pay were N210,000 and N140,000, respectively, but he only received the sum of N260 as his February salary.

A management staff of the institution, whose salary is about N400,000, was also said to have received N12,000 for the same month.

Many teaching and non-teaching staff members of the institutions have criticised the state government for what they called the abnormalities being witnessed in the payment of their outstanding salaries.

It was also alleged that monies deducted by the state government from workers’ salaries for the purpose of schemes like the cooperative society had not been remitted since August 2014.
When Saturday Tribune visited the institutions on Friday, the gates were locked by workers who were protesting the development.

A worker at one of the institutions told Saturday Tribune that he collected the sum of N30,000 in December, N58,000 in January, while he received N125 as his take-home for the month of February.
He said fuelling his car from Ilesa to Esa-Oke had become a problem, just as he had been unable to collect his children’s report sheets from a private school in Ilesa because he could not pay their tuition.

The Public Relations Officer of the Academic Staff Union of state-owned institutions, and ASUP chairman of the state Polytechnic, Iree, Mr Dotun Omisore, in an interview with Saturday Tribune confirmed the ordeal of the lecturer who fainted and also condemned the “abnormalities and irregularities” in the payment of salaries of workers, saying that “we will not call off our strike until all our salaries and deductions” are paid by the state government.

Omisore warned that the deduction of workers’ contributions to the contributory pension scheme by the state government since about 36 months ago allegedly without remittance to the pension managers must also stop.

“If they cannot account for the one they have deducted, they should stop further deductions. Our pension is our hope and future. After 30 or 35 years in service, what are we expected to collect if the government is not remitting it?”

Omisore, however, disclosed that the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, had invited labour leaders in the institutions to a meeting this weekend to discuss the “abnormality” in the payment of salaries.

http://tribuneonlineng.com/osun-lecturer-finds-n150-february-salary-account-collapses-bank

Aregbesola scamming Osun people since 1886.

Seriously, beats my imagination how the useless rubber stamp Osun state house of assemby cleared that scammer Aregbe of wrongdoing based on the judge's petition.

APC... 'CHANGE'!!! Osun pple don suffer ooooo

If this story is true,Una shud look @ the direction of the State commissioner of finance/accountant not Aregbe.It is probably computation error..Aregbe still remain one of the best gov in NG but for dis workers salary crisis.Hope they solve the problem ASAP

Oga ooooo

Not fair honestly.. Ain't even funny

This is really bad

Osun pple its a pity u voted for this failure! I feel ur PAIN...

This na serious issue

Aregbescammer, abeg no fall my hand na..
But seriously, it was just a mistake in the course of transaction.
It is this same Osun and during this Aregbe regime when a civil servant I know personally got a salary alert on his phone and triple sum of his normal salary was paid, nobody invited the press then o. Trust Aregbe now, d money was reversed but months later and my guy had to part with some of his salary serially on monthly basis.

In summary, Osun a dara o..

Lols...imagine hw his face will be at that time

O lord of Mercy. Aregberascal see ur handiwork

Aregbe = Scam.

The guy knows what he is doing, someone he's supposed to pay N150,000 received 150 naira and not just one person but many others.

This one na professional scam.

APC change,

Sai aregbe, continue. Rule osun state for ever.

fainting ni

Gbese re o

Broad daylight scam from a Government to the people., Osun don suffer

Being Broke Is Not Funny At All.......

I just fainted too

eleko1:
If this story is true,Una shud look @ the direction of the State commissioner of finance/accountant not Aregbe.It is probably computation error..Aregbe still remain one of the best gov in NG but for dis workers salary crisis.Hope they solve the problem ASAP

you are a lazy reader.. Go back to the original post and read all..

heykims:
Aregbescammer, [s]abeg no fall my hand na..
But seriously, it was just a mistake in the course of transaction.
It is this same Osun and during this Aregbe regime when a civil servant I know personally got a salary alert on his phone and triple sum of his normal salary was paid, nobody invited the press then o. Trust Aregbe now, d money was reversed but months later and my guy had to part with some of his salary serially on monthly basis.

In summary, Osun a dara o..[/s]

and whose fault was that?? Go back to bed bro

Is this some kind of joke or what? #150 as salary for someone that's supposed to earn #150,000. The state government should kindly look into it.

AregbeRascal the Goat Beard Oshiomole said you SHOULD GO AND DIE.

eleko1:
If this story is true,Una shud look @ the direction of the State commissioner of finance/accountant not Aregbe.It is probably computation error..Aregbe still remain one of the best gov in NG but for dis workers salary crisis.Hope they solve the problem ASAP

He has not been able to pick any commissioner since dis whole issue started, I guess dats his own sacrifice, so those people should meet their colleagues in the finance ministry.

dis is wat happens wen ur salary is being paid from d village.

Everytime I used to pray to God to please protect osun workers bcs they are suffering, most of them can not even afford three square meals cos most live on this salary. No natural resources, no company to increase osun's IGR, yet the little stipends they shld get at the end of the month is not there. As per the lecturer, I wish him quick recovery. Life drama indeed

eleko1:
If this story is true,Una shud look @ the direction of the State commissioner of finance/accountant not Aregbe.It is probably computation error..Aregbe still remain one of the best gov in NG but for dis workers salary crisis.Hope they solve the problem ASAP

I will advise you not to say this in some towns in osun like ikirun, iree, ede, esa oke, ila, ife and even ilesha cos the angry mob might stone you

eleko1:
If this story is true,Una shud look @ the direction of the State commissioner of finance/accountant not Aregbe.It is probably computation error..Aregbe still remain one of the best gov in NG but for dis workers salary crisis.Hope they solve the problem ASAP

How people like you sleep at night baffles me a lot. I just wish a truck should crush you to death. Aye e ma baje ni oloriburuku eda. People are suffering and you are here playing politics. This is my state and I know what's going on.

H

Loool ...I guess his salary was 150k,but the bank had stolen 3 zeros from him & was left with a N150