By Ademola Adeleke
The Nigeria Universities Pensioners Association Ekiti State University branch has appealed to the institution’s management to pay them the fifteen years Gratuities and five months pension arears owed.
The chairman of the Association, Chief Samuel Akinwale who made the call at a press conference in Ado, also called on the state government to intervene on the matter.
Chief Akinwale explained that the fifteen months gratuity which was over 1.5billion naira was taking it’s toes on members as some of the beneficiaries of the said money are either dead or chronically ill.
He acknowledged that the five months salary owed might not be unconnected with the ongoing ASUU strike, but appealed to the university’s management to consider them as they were not or strike but retired.
“We are calling on Ekiti State government intervene in this matter by bailing Out the University through a special fund which may likely save our people from going to their early graves. Pensioners are not on strike but in retirement and should not be made to bear undue punishment because a particular Union in the University is on strike”
The chairman also urged the state government which own EKSU to direct the striking lecturers to call off strike as done in other state so that life would return to the institution.
