By Willy Punvwet in Lafia
The Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia Nasarawa State branch of Academic Staff Union has made a personate appeal to the state government to commence the immediate payment of salary arrears and other entitlements of staff of the institution to enhance industrial harrmony.
The Chairman of the Union, Comrade Sylvester Aku made the appeal on Monday at a two day National Conference of the union in Lafia the State capital.
According to Aku, lecturers in the polytechnic had for over 10 years, not been given their statutory benefits, especially annual increments of salaries and implementation of promotions among others,a development he noted had brought about major setback to research works and staff productivity.
Comrade Aku also called on the state government to initiate a framework for sustainable development of science and technology, where substantial resources would be disbursed to all technical institutions in the state, annually, as part of steps toward engaging more youths in skills acquisition efforts.
Aku, who was speaking on the theme, “Nigeria at Cross road of Development Technology, security, Governance, pandemics and sustainability”, stressed the need for leaders to focus attention
on how to adopt local means of solving problems, instead of relying on foreign assistance.
