₦airaland Forum

The Presidency, through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, has directed the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, to refund over payment of salaries running into millions of naira.

The Registrar of the university, David Suowari, was also directed to refund cumulatively the sum of N130, 692.71 per month in excess of his due salary.

The over payments were said to have been discovered during the commission’s visit to the institution on May 12, 2015 to carry out an inspection of FUO’s remuneration practices vis-a-vis the extant government’s pay policy.

The VC and the registrar were accused of appropriating certain allowances to themselves which were not approved by the government.

These concerns were raised in a letter from the NSIWC to Aluko, signed for the Chairman of the Commission by the Director of Compensation, Chike Ogbechie.

The commission said, “The findings of the inspection in respect of your institution (Federal University, Otuoke) were as follow:

“The Vice-Chancellor was being paid total emoluments of N1,970,476.76 monthly, whereas he should not earn more than N922,810.23 if he were paid furniture allowance en bloc earlier, or N1,043,176.79 if he were being paid furniture allowance.

“Much of the difference was attributed to certain allowances which were not approved by the government.”

In the case of the registrar, the commission said he was being paid N130,692.71 in excess of his due salary of N502,580.25.

The commission also said the university disaggregated its staff salaries against the government’s policy of pay consolidation.

The NSIWC, therefore, directed the university to stop “the wrongful practices” and comply with relevant rules and rates.

The commission added, “We hereby direct the vice-chancellor and the registrar to refund the cumulative overpayments made to them.

“You are to report to the commission in writing, your compliance with this directive within four weeks of this letter.”

It will be recalled that Prof. Mobolaji Aluko became the Vice-Chancellor of the university in February 2011.

But reacting to the commission’s position, Aluko said in a text message to our correspondent that there was neither disaggregation of salaries nor overpayment of salaries.

The vice-chancellor said, “Rather, pension and health insurance allowances were due to three of us, Diaspora Vice-Chancellors who are on Sabbatical from our foreign universities, and co-paid monthly in naira to us for payment to those foreign universities.

“Without that concession occurring, our own local salaries would have been wiped out completely, and we could not have accepted the job.”

Aluko wondered why the issue was coming up in the fifth and final year of their tenure.

“However, the need for accountability is welcome, and Salaries and Wages Commission will be fully reconciled to the full facts,” the VC stated.

Picture - Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko


http://www.punchng.com/news/presidency-orders-vc-registrar-to-refund-salary-overpayments

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The NUC sef are to blame .....all this and many more passing under their thick noses without them voicing out. Now that clu*****ess has left and Baba don show everybody de scamper for safety #mtscheeeeeeeew! God go hammer dem all

The man na wise guy

No matter how small the money is, baba please just recover everything. The nation needs every single penny it can get. Corruption must not thrive at any level.

Karma finally become a stripper.... shaking her boot to looters. Lets return normalcy to our country. Now i can believe if the money is missing America will Know #AWK

Nigerians are so corrupt that those we supposed to look upon as a youth n emulate something good are the criminals at various offices yet if u see how they condamned armed robbers as if they are saints yet they are on the same level n offences with armed robbers is this not pen robber? Fela said ealier pen steal more than gun…pen still billions of dollars n Naira but gun is just peanuts our system is bad pure bad

ORACLE1975:
Nigerians are so corrupt that those we supposed to look
upon as a youth n emulate something good are the
criminals at various offices yet if u see how they
condamned armed robbers as if they are saints yet they
are on the same level n offences with armed robbers is
this not pen robber? Fela said ealier pen steal more than
gun…pen still billions of dollars n Naira but gun is just
peanuts our system is bad pure bad

U just sit down, relax and watch how baba go deal with some people ehn...no be small thing.

all will be well.

lolaxavier:
No matter how small the money is, baba please just recover everything. The nation needs every single penny it can get. Corruption must not thrive at any level.

yes o...the money need to be recovered so we can hand it over to saraki, gogara and co. these are the people by law that are suppose to be over paid.
witch hunting.

hereiam:
yes o...the money need to be recovered so we can hand it over to saraki, gogara and co. these are the people by law that are suppose to be over paid.
witch hunting.

Witch or wizard hunting...dat one no konsan us...#bringbackourmoney

hereiam:
yes o...the money need to be recovered so we can hand it over to saraki, gogara and co. these are the people by law that are suppose to be over paid.
witch hunting.

what is this one saying?

ionsman:
what is this one saying?

Help me ask am o.

hereiam:
yes o...the money need to be recovered so we can hand it over to saraki, gogara and co. these are the people by law that are suppose to be over paid.
witch hunting.

Hypocrites...