By Godwin Agia, Jalingo
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Taraba State University, Jalingo chapter, has issued it described as a final notice to Governor Agbu Kefas to implement the 2025 Federal Government-negotiated agreement with ASUU or risk an indefinite strike.
In a statement on Wednesday, the TSU-ASUU Chairman, Dr. Joshua Garba Mbaver, described the state government’s failure to honour the agreement as neglect of lecturers and demanded immediate compliance.
Mbaver said the union’s patience was exhausted and it had become necessary to alert the public, parents, students, traditional rulers, civil society organisations, labour unions, and “all lovers of education.”
He listed unresolved issues to include the non-implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU negotiated agreement, and the refusal to pay the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance, CATA, Professorial Allowance, and Earned Academic Allowance, EAA.
"This press statement is ASUU-TSU’s final warning to the state government to act or face strike action. Enough of empty promises.
"These are not new or unreasonable requests. They have been discussed, negotiated, documented, and repeatedly brought before the state government. Instead of concrete action, our union has been met with silence and neglect," Mbaver said.
He noted that the 2025 agreement was expected to address long-standing problems in university education, including staff welfare, university funding, revitalisation, and better conditions of service.
The union demanded immediate implementation of CATA; payment of all outstanding arrears from non-implementation of legitimate entitlements; and respect for collective bargaining as a basic principle of industrial harmony.
"Despite the understanding reached, the Taraba State Government has failed to implement the agreement. This failure is unacceptable, provocative, and dangerous for the future of TSU.
"We view the continued failure to implement the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement as a profound disregard for the principles of collective bargaining. It shows a lack of seriousness about the survival of TSU.
"ASUU-TSU is not asking for charity. We demand what is due to our members. We demand respect for labour and comprehensive implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement," it read in parts.
ASUU-TSU further warned it would be left with no other option but to embark on an indefinite strike if its demands are not met within the shortest time.
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