Just when you have heard the worst of corruption and maltreatment in the
Nigerian civil service, Federal Polytechnic Oko will surprise you with
something worse. Staff of the Polytechnic Staff Secondary of the
Federal Polytechnic Oko recently made a shocking discovery: their
managment have been paying them way below their government stipulated
salary for over 12 years and they didn't know.
And the difference,
amounting to over N1 Billion has been consistently diverted every month
to people in the managment of the Polytechnic. About 32 of the Staff
school have been discovered to be victims of this thick web of deciet
and stealing.
This is a summary of the situation written by the affected staff.
SOS: 35 STAFF MEMBERS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OKO WHOSE SALARIES GET LOST IN TRANSIT SINCE EMPLOYMENT
Date: 23/2/2016
SUMMARY OF OUR ORDEAL
We are employed, documented, confirmed and well numbered, with due employment service numbers, into Federal Polytechnic Workforce between 2002 and 2007
For the 1st 19 months of our employment we were not paid salaries. After the 1st 19 months, we are given only a 3rd of our monthly salaries ever since.
We came to know our true salary status after registering with First Guarantee Pension Limited (FGPL) in 2006, and our pension updates started coming in hard and soft copies from 2006 to date, reflecting what our true salaries are. Embarrassed at the discrepancy between the payment we receive and the salary reflected from the pension updates, we consulted the FGPL head office, Lagos and the FGPL marketers who registered us. They confirm that Federal Government, through PENCOM, remits our pension contribution to FGPL from the staff nominal roll sent to them by Federal Polytechnic Oko, which includes our names for us to have been receiving our pension updates. Where then are the salaries that gave rise to the pension contributions for these 14 years
!
Our housing allowances also get lost with our salaries since employment.
We have cried out, in several ways, to the Polytechnic Management and Council against this injustice all these years to no avail.
From June 2015 to date (as at February 23, 2016), we have not received a dime at all of even that smaller payment being given to us in place of our true salary.
OUR APPEAL is that all our diverted salaries, over the years, be given to us and all our present and future rightful salaries and employment benefits be made sure to us. We are duly employed, confirmed, documented, numbered and pensioned staff of Federal Polytechnic Oko, who have partaken in several Staff Audits of the institution. (See the attached staff list with our service numbers).
All evidence relating to these assertions are well documented and intact.
Date: 23/2/2016
SUMMARY OF OUR ORDEAL
We are employed, documented, confirmed and well numbered, with due employment service numbers, into Federal Polytechnic Workforce between 2002 and 2007
For the 1st 19 months of our employment we were not paid salaries. After the 1st 19 months, we are given only a 3rd of our monthly salaries ever since.
We came to know our true salary status after registering with First Guarantee Pension Limited (FGPL) in 2006, and our pension updates started coming in hard and soft copies from 2006 to date, reflecting what our true salaries are. Embarrassed at the discrepancy between the payment we receive and the salary reflected from the pension updates, we consulted the FGPL head office, Lagos and the FGPL marketers who registered us. They confirm that Federal Government, through PENCOM, remits our pension contribution to FGPL from the staff nominal roll sent to them by Federal Polytechnic Oko, which includes our names for us to have been receiving our pension updates. Where then are the salaries that gave rise to the pension contributions for these 14 years
! Our housing allowances also get lost with our salaries since employment.
We have cried out, in several ways, to the Polytechnic Management and Council against this injustice all these years to no avail.
From June 2015 to date (as at February 23, 2016), we have not received a dime at all of even that smaller payment being given to us in place of our true salary.
OUR APPEAL is that all our diverted salaries, over the years, be given to us and all our present and future rightful salaries and employment benefits be made sure to us. We are duly employed, confirmed, documented, numbered and pensioned staff of Federal Polytechnic Oko, who have partaken in several Staff Audits of the institution. (See the attached staff list with our service numbers).
All evidence relating to these assertions are well documented and intact.
Picture 5 is a the last part of the RSA statement showing pension contributions from January to September 2015 and
Picture 6 shows sample SMS alert from FGPL showing December 2015 contribution.
But up till today, they have only received up to June 2015. They have not been paid anything for July 2015 till date.
Picture 6 shows sample SMS alert from FGPL showing December 2015 contribution.
But up till today, they have only received up to June 2015. They have not been paid anything for July 2015 till date.
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