Kwara signs agreement with tertiary institutions on minimum wage

By Adeleye Kunle

The Kwara State Government has agreed to implement the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (CONPCASS).

This was stated by the Head of Service, Modupe Oluwole, yesterday in Ilorin.

Oluwole stated that the agreement, which goes into effect on July 1, is for the Academic Staff of the Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oro, and Lafiagi, as well as the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) in Ilorin.

She stated that the agreement requires the government to include representatives of Joint Academic Staff Unions of Tertiary Institutions (JASUTI) in subsequent wage reviews in order to negotiate on behalf of members.

“It also provides for a flexible moderate subvention payment process that will allow academic workers at tertiary institutions to be paid as and when due.”