Date: 2018-04-23

Committee of the Unions in Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) in Kwara State has given a 21-day ultimatum to the government to clear its backlog of salaries.

In a letter to Governor Abdufatah Ahmed, the union said the government should pay its 181 per cent June and July salaries owed the College of Education, Ilorin.

The letter, signed by the Chairman Imam Abdulkadir and Secretary Lawal Omoluabi, reads: "Taking cognisance of the challenges facing the state-owned tertiary institutions which are inimical to development, the committee resolved that the government should release fund for the colleges accreditation; 100 per cent CONPCASS and CONTEDISS should be paid to the colleges without further delay; the government should restore the monthly subvention to the colleges because the quarterly financial intervention has failed to sustain the payment of salaries; the government should ensure prompt monetisation of promotion and regular promotion as well as annual increment.

"We wish to notify you that the colleges are on national promotion between 2012 and 2015. We reiterate that if these demands are not met within the stipulated time, members of our unions would be left with no other option than to withdraw our services."