... pledges to secure staff welfare, right and privilege if elected.
The chairmanship candidate of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic Chapter, Elder (Comr.) Emmanuel Ekpo has commended the administration of Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel for the approval of 65 years retirement age for staff in tertiary institution.
Speaking to newsmen in Uyo yesterday, he said that, he will join hand with Governor Udom Emmanuel and the management of the polytechnic to ensure that his fellow staff welfare is taken care of in so many areas like full payment of contributory pension funds of 7.5% to the affected staff, assist in enhancing the acceleration process of effecting the document of 5 years single tenure for the office of all principal staff, payment of migration arrears to affected staff of the polytechnic ensuring that a member from the congregation of the polytechnic is represented in the council and finally see to other issues that may affect staff productivity like soliciting for adequate funds for training and retraining of his fellow staff when elected as SSANIP chairman, come Wednesday next week.
When ask how he will deliver his lofty campaign promises to his staff on assumption of office as Ssanip chairman, he said “as a unionist I will abide by the 3C’s in unionism, which is consolidation, consultation and confrontation If our prayer is not answer for so long and my fellow staffs are suffering”
He further said that governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration have a good beginning in that he will not have much challenges in rediscovering of his staff right and securing their welfare, since the Governor is a staff friendly Governor, in less than 100 days in office he has approved on some of the yearnings an aspiration of the polytechnic staff, like 65 years retirement age and further promise to dialogue with unions in the state tertiary institution and stakeholders to streamline, reposition and stabilize the school system in order to avoid industrial action of workers (strike).
Speaking further Elder comrade Emmanuel Ekpo says that his message of assurance to all staff of the polytechnic who will come out enmases to vote for him on Wednesday 7th October, 2015 in the polytechnic is that, hear him “I will not let my people who will come out to vote for me down, as a God fearing person, an Elder in the lord’s church, I will be humble to ensure that as a servant leader the right of my fellow staff is given back to them, I’m a man with an open door policy, feel free to come to me anytime you have problems lets us share together, as problem shared is problem solve, with me as your chairman, the good management of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic and Governor Udom G. Emmanuel, we will all enjoy a conducive working environment and good relationship.
Governor Udom Emmanuel has so far, from my assessment given a good account of himself by proving that he is ready and willing to work with us and bring about the much expected development to better Akwa Ibom people in the educational sector which he did not even place much emphasis on, in his five point agenda which include wealth creation, economic and political inclusion, poverty alleviation, infrastructural consolidation and expression which he included in his industrialization theme, you can see he is a talk-less and do more Governor, on this note, I call on all my fellow staff in the polytechnic to come with me lets work together, for tomorrow will be better than today”.
He further says that his message for Akwa Poly staff is that he will be fair and firm in handling issues between the government and staff of the polytechnic, in that he will not compromise with the government of the day to betray his fellow staff as he stands for effective representation, participation, justice, equity. fairness, accessibility, accountability, popular consultation, popular sovereignty and majority voice
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