Workers in tertiary establishments owned by the Kaduna State Government have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if the state authorities fails to deal with their excellent welfare calls for inside 15 days.
The Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State (JUTIKS) mentioned the ultimatum, issued on October 27, can be adopted by industrial motion if the federal government failed to satisfy its calls for.
Addressing a press convention in Kaduna on Monday, JUTIKS Chairman, Comrade Usman Shehu Suleiman, mentioned the union was demanding fee of the excellent 30 per cent CONPCASS/CONTEDISS wage and implementation of the beforehand authorized 25 and 35 per cent wage allowances.
He mentioned the union was additionally demanding an institution round to formalise the 65-year retirement age or 40 years of service for non-teaching workers.
Other calls for embrace exemption of Academic Earned Allowance (AEA) and different allowances from taxation, implementation of the Consolidated Academic Tool Allowance (CATA) and Consolidated Non-Teaching Tool Allowance (CONTTA), in addition to fee of excellent arrears of the wage and gear allowances from January 2026.
Suleiman defined that the excellent 30 per cent CONPCASS/CONTEDISS wage adopted the state authorities’s approval of the conversion of employees’ salaries from CONTISS to CONPCASS, with 70 per cent initially applied.
He mentioned the governor had promised that the remaining 30 per cent can be applied within the first quarter of 2026, however the dedication was but to be fulfilled.
He defined that the calls for additionally arose from agreements reached between the nationwide management of the affiliate unions and the Federal Government, together with provisions for tutorial and non-teaching workers allowances.
The chairman mentioned the state authorities had begun implementing a few of the provisions, together with fee of CATA, following the governor’s intervention, however different excellent commitments remained unresolved.
On the retirement age for non-teaching workers, he mentioned though the governor had made a pronouncement on the matter since final yr, the federal government had but to difficulty an institution round to formally doc and information its implementation.
He additionally faulted the deduction of tax from Academic Earned Allowance, arguing that the allowance shouldn’t be subjected to taxation.
Suleiman mentioned another state-owned polytechnics and universities had already paid eight months’ arrears of the related allowances following the federal authorities’s intervention.
He mentioned the 4 establishments coated by JUTIKS included Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria; College of Arts and Science, Zaria; School of Nursing, Kaduna; and College of Education, Gidan Waya, including that greater than 5,000 employees have been affected.
The union chairman mentioned JUTIKS had written to the state authorities on September 9 and September 30, 2026, interesting for the implementation of the excellent agreements, however acquired no response.
He mentioned the joint congresses of the affiliate unions subsequently mandated the management to difficulty the ultimatum, including that the unions had adopted the procedures required beneath labour legal guidelines to keep away from victimisation of their members.
The union, nonetheless, mentioned it remained open to constructive dialogue with the state authorities to resolve the dispute and keep industrial concord.
The press convention assertion was collectively signed by JUTIKS Chairman, Comrade Usman Shehu Suleiman; Secretary, Comrade Sha’aibu Dauda Adamu; Chairman, COEASU, Gidan Waya, Comrade Dr Nuhu Christopher Yerima; Chairman, NASU, NBPZ, Comrade Mohammed Aliyu Kwarbai; Chairman, SSUCOEN, Gidan Waya, Comrade Simon Dogo Jatau; Chairman, ASUP, SICHST, Makarfi, Comrade Goma Umar Farouq; Chairman, SSANIP, NBPZ, Comrade Abubakar S. Aliyu; Chairman, ASUP, KSCONS, Comrade James Num; and General Secretary, ASUP, NBPZ, Comrade Abubakar Sadiq Yusuf.
Others are Chairman, NASU, SICHST, Makarfi, Comrade Abubakar Abdullahi; Chairman, NASU, Gidan Waya, Comrade Ishaku Istifanus Amo; Secretary, COEASU, Gidan Waya, Comrade Victor Yunana Bowman; Secretary, NASU, NBPZ, Comrade Yakubu Danbaba; Secretary, SSUCOEN, Gidan Waya, Comrade Kefas Ajege; Secretary, SSANIP, NBPZ, Comrade Ja’afar Musa Mohammed; Secretary, ASUP, KSCONS, Comrade James Gibek Jude; Secretary, NASU, SICHST, Makarfi, Comrade Maharazu Dahiru; and Secretary, NASU, Gidan Waya, Comrade Solomon Yusuf.
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