The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Ibadan chapter has commended the Federal Government for resolving the lingering industrial dispute in the college.
It will be recalled that the Federal Government, through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has directed the Dr. Adelekan-led management to immediately lift the suspension order without pay arbitrarily placed on four Academic staff of the College since 15th August, 2016.
The letter dated 16th December, 2016 with Ref. number AGR/909/1 was signed by Mrs. Shobowale, A. A.
The four suspended academic staff in the college include: Comrade Jokanola Olufemi (Chairman); Oluade Eyitayo (Secretary); Adekunle Adenike (PRO) and Awogbade Adeyemi (Internal Auditor) of the union.
Other directives contained in the said letter are: all queries issued to the union executives on the basis of their activities in the union must be withdrawn; no staff must be denied participation in promotion exercise except those with disciplinary case against them; all outstanding salaries, promotion arrears, conference allowances and other benefits denied or owed the union executives must be paid; last promotion exercise conducted without the representatives of the Ministry (FMA&RD) is null and void (a new date should be fixed in due course); the membership of ASUP and its activities should continue pending the recommendation of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment while the union Executives should also apologise to the College Management for their role in the crisis.
But the union said the management was yet to implement the decision of the Federal Government.
Chairman of ASUP FCA chapter, Comrade Jokanola Olufemi and the Secretary, Comrade Oluade Eyitayo Atilade in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan on Thursday frowned at the non implementation of the FG’s order by the management of the institution.
The statement reads, “it is also important to note that since the issuance of these FG directives, the executives of ASUP-FCA had written the apology letter as directed, yet, Dr. Adelekan-led Management has not only refused to comply with the directives of the Federal Government and failed to commence immediate implementation but has also gone ahead to launch a fresh attack on another member of ASUP-FCA executive.
“It is in light of this that ASUP-FCA calls on all well-meaning Nigerians including parents, guardians and students (past and present) of our great College to prevail on Dr. Adelekan-led Management of the college in order to avert the onset of another round of industrial crisis in the College”.
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