OOU lecturers protest alleged non- payment of 3 years salaries

Hundreds  of lecturers of the Olabisi
Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye  yesterday,
protested the irregular payment of their salaries by
the Ogun State Government in the past three years.
The protesting lecturers who are members of OOU
branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
carried placards with various inscriptions such as
“It is ungodly to owe people their monthly dues,”We
need government intervention at Olabisi Onabanjo
University,” “The sweat of the labourer must not
dry” and “Ogun State Government please save OOU
from imminent collapse.”
Others bore placards saying, “Ogun Government
pays less than 70 per cent of our salaries. Is Ogun
government really broke?,” “We have earned our
salaries, we should be paid promptly” and “OOU
needs more funding. We say no to the present poor
funding.”
Addressing the protesting lecturers, the chairman of
the OOU branch of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, Dr. Deji Agboola said that the state
government had in the past three years formed the
habit of not paying them their salaries regularly.
The lecturers who began their demonstration at the
OOU mini-campus, Ago-Iwoye at about 10am took
their protest to the institution’s permanent site
located about seven kilometres away where they
sensitised the students on their action.
They later presented their letter of grievances to the
Vice Chancellor, Prof. Saburi Adesanya for onward
transmission to Governor Ibikunle Amosun.