BREAKING: Non-Academic Staff Of Gombe Varsity Embark On Strike
Amid a total strike embarked upon by the lecturers of the Gombe State University under the aegis of ‘Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU), over alleged underfunding of the institution by the state governor, Inuwa Yahaya, suddenly, the non-academic staff of the university on Monday also embarked on their own strike.
The non-academic staff under the umbrella of ‘Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational And Associated Institution (NASU) declared a one-week warning strike unsatisfactory salary structure.
In the strike notice signed by the Gombe State University branch chairman of NASU, Ahmed A. Mohammed, and Secretary Ibrahim Gidado, the industrial action was due to non-implementation of 2019 minimum wage of N30,000 and its arrears for non-academic staff.
Other issues are; non-implementation of 35 per cent and 25 per cent salary increment for staff of tertiary institutions, non-payment of Accumulated Earned Allowance for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively.
They also said the state government does not pay the N35,000 palliative wage award to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal to the staff adding that despite all meetings with the government officials, their demands were not addressed.
“Sequel to the Gombe State Government’s failure to address our demands, despite numerous meetings with the Government officials, University management, governing council and stakeholders, we have been granted approval for a one-week warning strike.
“Consequently, we are informing all our members to commence the strike from today Monday 23rd to Friday 27th September, 2024. We urge all our members to participate fully in this collective action to press home our demands.”, the union stated in the notice.
