The Taraba State College chapter of the Tutorial Employees Union of Universities has declared an indefinite strike, bringing tutorial actions, together with the continued second-semester examinations, to a halt.
The union introduced the choice on Thursday following a congress assembly held on the college in Jalingo.
Chatting with journalists, ASUU Chairperson Dr Garba Mbave outlined a number of unresolved grievances that prompted the economic motion.
Among the many key points are unpaid salaries, the absence of a useful pension scheme, excellent wage arrears from the 2022 nationwide ASUU strike, and the shortage of a governing council for the college.
Different grievances embrace the non-implementation of the nationwide minimal wage for college workers, the non-payment of Earned Tutorial Allowances, and the federal government’s failure to approve a 35% wage increment for professors and proportional changes for different tutorial workers.
Dr Mbave acknowledged that the union had exhausted all avenues for dialogue with each the college administration and the state authorities.
“We’ve made repeated makes an attempt to resolve these points by way of negotiation, however the authorities’s persistent neglect of our welfare has left us no selection however to take this step. Employees members can not proceed to work below these situations,” Mbave mentioned.
The ASUU Chairperson expressed frustration over the absence of a governing council, describing it as a major impediment to addressing key administrative and coverage issues.
He additionally acknowledged the affect of the strike on college students, significantly these in the course of their exams.
“It’s not our intention to disrupt examinations or go away college students stranded, however this strike is the one viable choice left to demand justice for our members,” he added.
In the meantime, college students affected by the strike have expressed their frustration, interesting to the state authorities and college authorities to resolve the deadlock promptly.
Efforts to succeed in the Taraba State Commissioner for Training, Dr Augustine Godwin, for feedback have been unsuccessful, as calls to her telephone went unanswered, and a textual content message despatched to her line remained unacknowledged on the time of submitting this report.