ASUU announces indefinite strike in Taraba.

The Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a complete, all-encompassing, and indefinite strike action.

This comes after the state branch of ASUU was given authorization to go on strike by the national organization to enforce its demands, while the state government refuted charges that it owed workers’ salaries.

The union claims that the reason for their action, which resulted from a congress meeting, is based on the government’s inability to pay earned academic allowances, promotion arrears, the partial payment of staff salary, as well as the unresolved staff pension and gratuity system.

The failure to implement agreements and the institution’s perimeter fencing are some of the other grounds for the industrial action, according to Mr. Samuel Shitaa, the ASUU Chairman of Taraba State University.

In response to the strike, the state administration stated in a telephone interview with Commissioner for Tertiary Education Edward Baraya that the union had not informed the state government of their action.

He questioned why ASUU would make such a choice when the current administration is making every effort to resolve the problems before it leaves office.

Bala Dan-Abu, the special assistant to the governor on media and publicity, also responded by stating in a news release that the departing governor owes no employee pay.

Statement partly read, “The outgoing administration of his excellency, arc Darius Dickson Ishaku, executive governor of Taraba state, is not owing any group of workers in the state monthly salaries and, therefore, will not be leaving behind any burden arising from unpaid emoluments for the in-coming administration.