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Individuals from staff of the Ondo State Government-claimed tertiary foundations, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, and the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, OSUSTECH, Okitipupa are right now in limbo as respects two distinct letters exuding from the state government on the issue of retirement age.
It was gathered that the situation was as a result of the directive from the office of the Secretary to the State Government for the management of the universities to disregard the letter earlier addressed to the affected institutions on the approval of new retirement age for staffers.
In separate letters addressed to all heads of the institutions, the Attorney General, Kola Olawoye, SAN, had disclosed that the government had approved a new retirement age for its institutions.
The letter stated that the new retirement age was approved by the State Executive Council in their meeting held on Monday 6th May, 2019.
According to him, a new retirement age for a Professor was pegged at 70 years from 65 years, while other academic staff will now retire at the age of 65 years.
Olawoye also noted that the new retirement age for non-academic staff in all the institutions has also been fixed for 65years from the previous 60 years old.
The Attorney General in the letter emphasized that the new retirement age takes immediate effect.
However, in another separate letter, dated May 23, 2019 which was also addressed to heads of the institutions, the SSG, Ifedayo Abegunde advised management of the institutions to disregard the Attorney General’s position on the new retirement age.
“The most appropriate thing we are clamouring for is that, what is obtainable in other universities should be obtainable in AAUA. The institution should not be treated in isolation to what happens in other universities around.
“Even, the letter has an error, because the issue is not about Professors alone but all those on professorial cadre.
That is Associate Professors and Professors. The one the government wrote was Professors, which is wrong.”
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