By Adeyinka Adeniran
The Joint Action Committee of three staff unions at the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa have called on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state to appointment substantive Management team for the institution, seven years after those serving have been doing so in Acting capacities.
According to the Unions including: Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), resources had been used repeatedly to prosecute the effort to appoint the team on two different occasions but to no avail.
They said, for the third time, resource had been used and the Governing Council had done the needful and recommended the prospective qualified candidates.
In a letter addressed to the governor, a copy of which was sighted by The Nation, the unions urged the Governor not to further delay the announcement.
The letter reads in part, “The three Trade Unions laud His Excellency over his doggedness on the appropriate repositioning going on in Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa.
“The Governor graciously appointed a seasoned administrator, Professor Adebiyi, Kazeem to redeem the long lost image of the Institution by using “Acting Management” in the last seven (7) years which is alien to the establishment of the Polytechnic Acts.
“Unions also appreciated our amiable Governor for giving the Institution an industrious and selfless Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology Elder Honorable Segun Olayiwola to supervise the recent audit exercise in order to revitalize the workforce across board in the Institution.
“Of course, the Governing Council under the leadership of Professor Adebiyi Adekunle Kazeem did a fantastic job by advertised the position of Principal Officers, concluded the process and recommends the prospective qualified candidates respectively. The exercise came to an end on July 27, 2025 and recommended appropriately.
“The Unions also gave profound gratitude to His Excellency, Governor Makinde on the recent release of additional subvention to further relieve the effect of augmentation of salary in the Institution. These gestures of His Excellency are commendable and meant for Global Academic Attainment.
“Having said these, the long lost image is still lingering in the Institution (the menace of Acting Management’ as Principal Officers) in the last seven (7) years.
“Sir, resources had been used repeatedly to prosecute this exercise on two (2) different occasions but to no avail. This is the third time that same resource would be used and the Governing Council had done the needful and recommended the prospective qualified candidates.
“The Unions, therefore, appeal to His Excellency to announce the prospective qualified substantive officers. The Trade Unions count on His Excellency not to further delay the announcement. The Unions as part of stakeholders will continue to guarantee industrial harmony as we are looking forward to meeting the prospective qualified substantive officers very soon.”
