SSANIP, NASU shut Ibarapa Polytechnic

There are indications that Ibirapa Polytechnic would be shut down as non academic unions of the institution are protesting non-payment of payment of their salaries and other entitlements running to twenty four months by the Oyo state government.
Reports from Eruwa, headquarters of Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo state, have it that workers at the Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa, are currently protesting against the alleged non-payment of their entitlements.
The workers, among whom were members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Non Academic Staff Union (NASU), were as at press time locking the gates of the institution.
They had yesterday informed the students not to go to school on Wednesday warning that if they disregarded their warning, no one would attend to them.
The workers, after chasing the students out of the institution, declared an indefinite strike over their alleged maltreatment, as the workers had waited for many months to be paid but to no avail.
The unions declared the commencement of the strike after all efforts to get their entitlements met a brick wall.
“Yes, the workers in Ibarapa Polytechnic Eruwa today embarked on strike.
It started yesterday, they had informed the students not to come to the school today and when the students came they locked the gates and declared an indefinite strike.
“You can see in the pictures the students are locked outside.
The workers are protesting against nonpayment of their salaries for several months,” a source said.
Chairman, Non Academic Staff Union (NASU), the Polytechnic Ibadan chapter, Comrade Ibrahim Akande, who confirmed the commencement of the indefinite strike, however warned that the Polytechnic Ibadan will also join the strike if the situation is not brought under control by the state government.
He added that the workers among whom were SSANIP and NASU members at Ibarapa Polytechnic Eruwa and Oke-Ogun Polytechnic Saki embarked on the strike due to the failure of the state government to offset their salaries and other entitlements running between 8 to 24 months.
“Yes, I can confirm to you that SSANIP and NASU members at the Ibarapa Polytechnic Eruwa have declared an indefinite strike over the non-payment of their salaries and other entitlements running between 8 and 24 months.
“It varies, as at the last time that we met, it was between 8 and 24 months.
You can see that Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki is also on strike.
They are currently on strike due to nonpayment of their salaries and other entitlements.
SSANIP and NASU members in Saki are on strike too.
Others are about to join.
“So, you can see that strike is looming in all the tertiary institutions in Oyo state.
That of Polytechnic Ibadan is also looming.
We are still waiting.
It is only The Polytechnic Ibadan that is not on strike now.
Yes, I can confirm to you,” Akande said.