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Kwara Govt Signs Minimum Wage Agreement With Tertiary Institutions

Kwara State Government has signed an agreement with the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council on the implementation of the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary Structure (CONPCASS).

This is contained in a statement by the Head of Service, Modupe Oluwole, yesterday in Ilorin.

Oluwole said the agreement, which takes effect from July 1, was for the Academic Staff of the Colleges of Education Ilorin, Oro, Lafiagi, and College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin.

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She said the deal provides that government shall, in subsequent wage reviews, include representatives of Joint Academic Staff Unions of Tertiary Institutions (JASUTI) in the committee, for negotiations on behalf of members.

“It also provides for flexible moderate subvention payment process that will enable the payment of academic workers of the tertiary institutions as and when due.”

 

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