Imo State University goes on Indefinite Strike.

Just a few days after the institution finished their 7th convocation ceremony ,the School goes on strike.

All the labour unions operating in
Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, have
ordered their members to commence
immediate and indefinite industrial action, to
press home their demand for payment of their
unpaid salaries and allowances.

Strong feelers emanating from Imo State Polytechnic,
IMOPOLY, Umuagwo, revealed that the workers
are equally spoiling for war over their unpaid
salaries since 2016.

IMSU workers, who spoke to Vanguard on
Tuesday, confirmed that no staff of the
institution have been paid a dime in the past
three months.

When journalists contacted the university’s
Public Relations Officer, PRO, Nze Ralph Njoku
Obi, he confirmed the development but denied
that varying levies and fees have
surreptitiously been reintroduced into the
institution.

Meanwhile, the IMOPOLY branch of the
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP,
have served notice of an impending industrial
action to the school’s management.

The resolution to this effect was unanimously
taken during an emergency general meeting
held last Monday, in the school.

They not only rejected the 30 percent cut in
their salary but also urged the state
government and school management to live up
to their statutory obligations to workers.

The workers equally insisted that “all arrears
of migration and promotions must be paid
without further delay”, stressing that “failure to
do so before April 6, 2016, the Union will no
longer guarantee industrial harmony in the
institution”.