The Ekiti State College Ado Ekiti (EKSU) outgoing Vice Chancellor, Professor Edward Olanipekun, on Tuesday, defended the latest promotion of 70 educational employees to professors and 60 others to affiliate professors, saying that the involved employees earned their promotion and it was not a parting present.
Olanipekun additionally stated that the state authorities owes the college 4 months’ subventions amounting to over N1 billion, saying that if the cash had been paid, EKSU wouldn’t owe any employees wage.
The Vice Chancellor, who said this on Tuesday at an interactive session with journalists on the college campus in Ado Ekiti, stated that the period of amputated salaries is gone within the college, and staff at the moment are being paid full salaries.
“As as to if the harvest of promotion of 70 employees to professors, 60 readers together with a deputy librarian, and likewise the elevation of some non-teaching employees, together with my head of the Directorate of Public Affairs to deputy registrar, was a parting present, it was not a parting present. All of them earned the elevation.
“For the professors, their promotion is consequent on receiving two constructive experiences from exterior assessors. That’s the reason their promotions gained’t come without delay. The massive quantity consists of not solely these due for promotion for that specific yr but in addition pending instances.
“So, we had promotions from two annual overview years and a few excellent instances. It wasn’t a parting present as a result of we have now statutory intervals that the Appointment and Promotion Committee meets. So, I congratulate all of them.
“At the same time as I communicate, we have now some experiences which might be additionally prepared, however I’ve determined that I’ll enable the incoming Vice Chancellor to course of and deal with that. I hope that by the point he’s holding the primary Senate and Promotion assembly, he’ll announce the promotions of some professors.”
Talking on the amputated wage, which was the time period utilized by the tutorial employees to explain half cost of salaries, the outgoing VC stated: “There may be nothing like that once more. My comrades are right here. I can see some chairmen of some unions right here. If I’m telling lies, they’ll elevate their voice towards my submission. The time period amputated wage has gone perpetually and won’t come again to EKSU by the grace of God.
“I didn’t even know what number of salaries I paid final yr. It was my comrades who instructed me that I’m the primary VC who has paid the very best variety of salaries in a yr, and I stated how? They started to rely it, they usually stated we paid a full wage for 16 months. I couldn’t imagine it.
“Now we have now paid salaries as much as June, however we have now not been in a position to pay for July as a result of we’re nonetheless owed 4 months’ subventions, which embrace August 2018, September 2018, December 2023, and January 2024, and that’s nicely over N1 billion. If we had that, we must always be capable to pay for 2. I hope my successor and incoming VC will be capable to do this.”
