The Federal University of Petroleum Technology FUPRE has resumed exams and school activities after a 3 day warning strike held last week. Staff and students alike had their schedules disrupted when matters got to a head on 6th April 2017. The Joint Action Congress decided that continued salary cuts, mismanagement of funds and poor infrastructure since the inception of the school must be addressed by FUPRE management and council.

Staff are suffering with almost 45% cut off from their monthly salaries. Where else does this happen in a federal institution? #onlyinNigeria?

The school Marco Polo bus was used to block the gate on Friday, but 'compromised' SANU and NASU union leaders conspired to remove the padlocks and the bus on Saturday. Staff took matters into their own hands to continue the strike on Monday, tied Juju to the school gate and sang solidarity songs for the 3 days. The police where present, but made no arrests as the protests where peaceful. Sadly, nobody came to address them. Instead, there have been threats of sacks and dismissal as the union leaders have been bought over and names are being parried to become scapegoats.

The school recently held its first convocation with dignitaries like Atiku and Kachukwu present. The Chancellor, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Attahiru Mohammad, CON, Emir of Zamfara, Zamfara State was also present along with other dignitaries. Many present decried the poor infrastructure in the school.

The VC Prof Akii Ibadode keeps boasting that nothing can be done to him as he continues to buy over and blackmail anybody who stands in his way.

Please help to read broadcast until this whistle becomes a vuvuzela!!!!!!!

As soon as he assumed duty the VC employed about 70 staff without advertisement nor interviews. Most of this staff are senior level staff, mostly directors and senior lecturers whose salary can pay five to ten staff in level seven. He further went ahead to employ his wife as principal registrar with an official vehicle and a staff driver.

He equally created a research unit where he fixed his son and other five close family relative who recently finished NYSC in the university. Most of these new staff including his son are currently abroad "studying" fully funded by the school coffers.

We implore the federal government and especially EFCC to come and look at the activities of these management and council to help unravel what is going on in FUPRE.

Please help us!!!!!!

The school had to reschedule exams for the students. No meeting has been called for staff yet. Instead staff are being threatened.

Mods pls move this to the front page let's create awareness

Last time we complained, they said staff are not complaining......

Sentiment and greed has always been bringing this country down.

Ohh my beloved country Nigeria.... Who did we offend?

When are we ever going to get things right in our system?



Oh Nigeria my beloved country...

profhezekiah:
Sentiment and greed has always been bringing this country down.

We need them to account for all the salary cuts they have been taking. They have no conscience, staff and students are suffering.

Eleyi gidi gan ooo

naijafull:


We need them to account for all the salary cuts they have been taking. They have no conscience, staff and students are suffering.

Which country are U frm, d word accountability and transparency dont exist in nigeria dictionary,if it does this thread suppose to be on front page now.

I weep for my country naija. At the way things are going in this country, I beg to say that this country can never get better. It is not a course but reality. The people we have in leadership position are not helping matters at all. Even the followers too. Everybody is just concerned about how to get a piece of the country not to contribute to its growth.

Even under this very administration that prides itself as a corruption fighter, many underhand activities are going on in the government circle. Just call any government office in Abuja for example Budget Office or the Accountant General Office to process your budgetary allocation approved for your agency, the staff there will demand gratification from you before they will even move your file. It is so pathetic.

Were do we go from here my dear country? God help us.

profhezekiah:
Which country are U frm, d word accountability and transparency dont exist in nigeria dictionary,if it does this thread suppose to be on front page now.

profhezekiah:
Which country are U frm, d word accountability and transparency dont exist in nigeria dictionary,if it does this thread suppose to be on front page now.

I am from naija oh. I'm just tired of the injustice in the FUPRE system. I should have gone to BBN instead of working for my daily bread that I can hardly afford

The Joint Action Congress (JAC) of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), Effurun, Delta State, has commenced a three-day warning strike over allegations of massive cuts in their salaries.
JAC is the umbrella body of staff unions in the university, which include Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Union of Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and Associated Institutions (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).

The workers in a circular dated April 6, 2017 and addressed to the university’s Chairman of Council, expressed dismay over the development since 2016, pointing out that whereas there was no cut in the allowances of council members.

In the circular signed by the University’s ASUU Chairman, Agbalagba Ezekiel and four other union leaders, the workers also passed a vote of no confidence on the Governing Council.

They alleged that the council has been unable to attract the needed funds for the institution’s infrastructure development since inception four years ago.

According to circular made available to newsmen, the unions also protested the abandonment of two student hostels, which it alleged has gulped an unjustifiable amount of money spent on it so far.The university registrar could not be reached for comment as telephone calls to his mobile phone were not taken.

https://guardian.ng/appointments/crisis-looms-in-fupre-over-alleged-salary-cut/

I am really surprised that this kind of thing could be happening under this government that claim to be anti corruption in nature. Massive corruption is going on in FUPRE and the govt seems not to care. The University is finished and the VC has just done two years out of 5. By the time he is leaving here in three years time you will not recognise the institution anymore. It may even seize to exist as some course has lost accreditation under this VC. Many more course may still loose accreditation very soon. The Federal Govt should come to our rescue.