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A Joint Unions of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State has\ngiven 21 days\u2019 notice to Kaduna State Government to settle their outstanding\ndemands lingering for 10 years. This is contained in a statement signed by the\nJoint Chairman of the unions, Mr. Noah Dallami and made available to News\nAgency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Sunday.
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\nNAN reports that the unions included Academic, Non-Academic as well as Senior\nStaff Associations in the state owned tertiary institutions of Nuhu Bamalli\nPolytechnic, Zaria and College of Education, Gidan waya, Kafanchan. The unions\nsaid having waited patiently for government to respond on the lingering issues\nwhich started since 2014, the unions had no other alternative than to resort to\nthe last option of industrial action.
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\n\u201cHaving waited patiently on government for such a long time to resolve these\nlingering issues, our unions would be compelled to resume its 2014 suspended\nindustrial action, only as a last resort, within 21 days of this notice. \u201cPart\nof the demands is the implementation of the 10 years old current salary\nstructure payable to polytechnics and colleges of Education known CONPCASS and\nCONTEDISS for Academic and Non Academic staff respectively,\u201d he said. Other\ndemands are the 65 years\u2019 retirement age for both staff in the Tertiary\nInstitutions.
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\nHe said the unions had engaged successive governments in the state on the same\nissue including the current administration. \u201cIn view of these reasons, our\nunions once again wish to appeal to the Executive Governor of Kaduna State to\nuse his good office to prevail on the state executive council to domesticate\nthe 65 years\u2019 retirement age law.
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\n\u201cIt should also implement the current salary structure of tertiary institutions\nin the state that is already 10 years old,\u201d it noted. The unions also called on\nthe Governor to address critical infrastructural problems bedeviling the\ninstitutions in the state. Dallami pointed out that the institutions operate\nbased on the provisions of the respective enabling Laws establishing them, that\nare distinct from those of the main stream civil service and other public service\ninstitutions.
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\nWhen contacted, the state\u2019s Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Makarfi,\nacknowledged receiving a letter from the union on the issue. Makarfi appealed\nto the leadership of the union to suspend their planned action, adding that all\nthe concerns would be looked into. \u201cI want the union to remember the cordial\nworking relationship we have been enjoying, working together for the good of\nthe state.
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\n\u201cWe have met over the issue, so I am appealing that we continue to dialogue and\ndiscuss so we can resolve the issue amicably. \u201cI want to assure the union that\nthe state government is very much interested over its worker\u2019s welfare. \u201cThis\nwe have demonstrated by the recent increment of teacher\u2019s salary and the\nimplementation of the national minimum wage,\u201d he said. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Joint Unions of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State has given 21 days\u2019 notice to Kaduna State Government to settle their outstanding demands lingering for 10 years. This is contained in a statement signed by the Joint Chairman of the unions, Mr. Noah Dallami and made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[14,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n