Workers of the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, CAILS in Ilorin, Kwara State who are under the umbrella of the Committee of the Unions of Tertiary Institutions, CUTI and joint members of Academic Staff Union, ASU; Senior Staff Union, SSU and the Non Academic Staff Union, NASU on Tuesday cried out over nonpayment of their salaries by government.

The workers, who painted a pathetic picture of their situation while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin said aside owing them three months backlog of salaries, they were also being owed another seven months half salaries in 2014 which they said had put them in miserable conditions.

The workers, whose leaders; Mohammed Farouq, Shina Agboola and disclosed to newsmen that the staff of the institution had not been able to go to work anymore due to the hardships they encountered because of their situation even at the dangerous end of the academic year activities.

They expressed more worries that when the categories of workers of tertiary schools that had not been paid were mentioned by government last week, their case was not included which they claimed sent wrong signals out that government had become insensitive to their plight.

Listing some other problems they encounter, the workers said government through the Governing Council had shut the academic staff out of the conventional conferences and seminars while those of them, including the non academic staff who had cause to attend do so on their personal accounts.