8 IBBU lecturers resign over poor handling of staff salaries, others
Eight lecturers of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai have resigned over alleged non-payment of earned allowances, poor handling of staff salaries and inadequate infrastructure.
The Nation learnt majority of the IBBU lecturers, who are said to be Professors, tendered their resignation to Vice Chancellor of the institution.
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The unions of staff of IBB University Lapai, comprising of ASUU, SANU, NASU and NAAT spoke with reporters in Minna, saying the school was in a critical situation and needed urgent attention.
The chairman of the Joint Action Committee, Adamu Isah, who spoke said: “We want to inform all Nigerlites that IBB University is in a critical situation that needs urgent attention in order to forestall brain drain in the University. We want to categorically state here that not less than eight lecturers, and mostly professors, have tendered their resignation letters to the vice-chancellor amidst inadequate number of academic staff.”
The unions also complained of the way staff salaries are being handled over the months by the Niger Government, adding that payment of salaries comes between 12th and 20th of the following month while the government has kept quiet over minimum wage despite other institutions having received theirs.
The unions, therefore, called on Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to attend to their plights, stressing the needs for dialogue to proffer solutions to the lingering problems bedevilling the institution.
They also called on students, parents and other stakeholders to support efforts in salvaging the standard and integrity of the institution.
(THE NATION)
