Taraba Tertiary Institutions Workers Initiate Strike Action

Workers from the Joint Action Committee for Taraba State-owned Tertiary Institutions, led by Chairman Misa N. Gaji and Secretary Abdulkarim Z. Dangana, have declared a strike action after the state government failed to meet their demands. This decision follows a 14-day strike ultimatum issued over a month ago.

The committee represents five tertiary institutions and has engaged in over four months of dialogue with the government regarding the implementation of CATA/CONTA and EAA for its members, which has not yielded positive results. Key issues include indiscriminate salary deductions for ID cards and APER forms, un-notified deductions for a Health Insurance Scheme without enrollment, and the non-implementation of yearly increments and step movements for over ten years.

The committee also raised concerns about withholding union dues and the non-implementation of a N70,000 transport relief for public servants. They warned that failure to act after a two-week warning strike could lead to an indefinite strike.