Kwara signs minimum wage agreement with tertiary institutions' academic staff

Date: 2022-08-11

Kwara State Government on Tuesday signed agreement with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council on the implementation of the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS) for Academic Staff of the Colleges of Education Ilorin, Oro Lafiagi and College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS).

The agreement, among other things, sets the effective date for the implementation of the new minimum wage covering the Academic Staff at the tertiary institutions at 1st Day of July, 2022.

The deal also provided that the government shall in subsequent wage review include the representatives of Academic Staff Unions at the Tertiary Institutions in the committee for negotiations on behalf of members; moderate subvention payment processes to be flexible that will enable payment of Academic Staff at the Tertiary Institutions as and when due; and that there shall be no retrenchment of workers as a result of the implementation of the minimum wage.

"I want to thank everybody who has made efforts in this process. We appreciate you. We appreciate everything that you have done. Thank you for being responsive. Thank you for believing in Kwara and that Kwara belongs to all of us. Whatever we do is either for the betterment of Kwara or at detriment of the state. I thank you for choosing the latter," State Head of Service Modupe Oluwole said at the signing of the agreement at the Governor's Office Ilorin, the capital city.

"This agreement is made this 9th day of August, 2022 between the Kwara State Government and the Joint Public Service Negotiation Council (JNC) Kwara State Organ, on behalf of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Kwara State Colleges of Education, Ilorin, Oro and (Technical), Lafiagi Chapters and Colleges of Legal and Allied Institutions Academic Union (COLAASU), Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin Chapter on the implementation of Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS).

"I want to thank our listening Governor for deeming it fit for ensuring that we have this salary. We do not take this for granted because there are several states that owe salaries. We believe things will continue to get better," Oluwole said.
Oluwole, who signed on behalf of the state government, appreciated the academic staff for their understanding and patience throughout the negotiations period.

State Chairman of NLC Comrade Isa Ore, for his part, commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Head of Service and other key stakeholders for the successes achieved so far in signing minimum wage agreements across all affected labour unions.
He appealed to the state government to also consider increase in pensions paying to the state retirees in line with the spirit of the minimum wage.

Chairman of JASUTI, Comrade Musa Mahmud, therefore announced the suspension of its strike in principle, saying JASUTI is satisfied with the offers made by the state government to the union.

"Our appreciation knows no bound to His Excellency Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the Head of Service Mrs Modupe Oluwole who have allowed these processes to come to this end. We are satisfied with the offers given to us by the government of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; we shall continually reciprocate that because right from the onset Governor AbdulRazaq is our man," he said.

"We want to assure everyone here and our students that they should start parking their bags to resume back to schools. As it is, the procedure followed in declaring the strike would be followed immediately in suspending the strike. But in principle, the strike is suspended."

Other officials at the signing of the agreement included Chairman Public Service Joint Negotiating Council Kwara State Comrade Saliu Suleiman; Director Establishment, Pension and Industrial Relations Alhaji Yusuf Amuda; Secretary Public Service Joint Negotiating Council Comrade Joseph Tunde; Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice Alhaji Musa Idris; Permanent Secretary Establishment and Training Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Tertiary Education Bola Alaya; State Accountant General AbdulGaniyu Sani; Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Labour Matters Comrade Abdulkareem Onagun; Chairman COEASU COE (Technical) Lafiagi Comrade Gborigi Katun; Chairman COEASU COE Oro Comrade Isah Ibrahim and the State Controller of Labour Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment Alhaji Yusuf Raufu.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Offa     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ayo Salami     NYSC     Kehinde Baale     Ilesha-Baruba     Sheriff Olanrewaju     UNIFEMGA     GGDSS Pakata     Amos Sayo     Mary Arinde     Omotosho     General Hospital, Ilorin     Towoju     NULGE     Habeeb Saidu     Ayinde Oki     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Talaka Parapo     Abdulrazaq Akorede     ASKOMP     Busari Alabi Alausa     Senate President     Oko-Erin     JUSUN     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Amusa Bello     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     David Adesina     Jelili Yusuf     Labour Party     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Vasolar     Sunset Workers     IYA ALFA NLA     Balogun Fulani     Abdulkarim Adisa     Roseline Oni Aremu     Turaki     Zulu Gambari     Roheemat Hammed     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Innocent Okoye     Bahago     Minister     Idiagbon     Tunde Yusuf     BECE     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Kwara Liberation Group     Rachael Obisesan     Wahab Isa     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Kunle Suleiman     Bilikisu Gambari     Shola Odetundun     Orisun Igbomina     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Hassanat Bello     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Nigerian Correctional Service     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Mohammed Kamaludeen    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Afeyin-Olukuta     Kawu Baraje     Issa Baba     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Moses Rahman Popoola     Ekiti     Offa Metropolitan Club     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Abdullahi Biffo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Ibrahim Jawondo     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     IYA ALFA NLA     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ladi Hassan     Garba Dogo     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Jumoke Gafar     Shettima     Okanlawon Taiwo     Sheriff Shagaya     Lafiagi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     SARS     Bola Olukoju     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     New Nigeria People’s Party     Akume     United Nigeria Congress Party     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Saheed Alakoso     Niyi Osundare     Share     Baakini     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Shonga     Fola Consultant     Offa Descendants Union     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Saliu Mustapha     NaAllah     Alagbado     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Ilorin East     Doyin Awoyale     Seed Technologies     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Emir Of Ilorin     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Babajide Ajayi     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Aso Ofi     GAMA     3MTT     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Clement Yomi Adeboye     ER-KANG     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Amos Justus Sayo     Moshood Bakare     Babaita     Kaiama     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Eruku     Alore     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Ita-Nmo Market     Council Of The Wise     Sidikat Akaje     Labour Party     Assayomo     Pacify Labs