Plateau Tertiary institutions suspends strike action

By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos

Joint Union of Plateau State owned Tertiary Institutions(JUPTI) on Monday called off it’s seven weeks strike.

Our correspondent reports that the Institutions includes, Plateau State Polytechnic, College of Education Gindiri, CAST Kurgwi, College of Agriculture Garkawa,others are colleges of Health Technology Pankshin, and Zawan respectively.

Speaking at a Press Briefing in Jos, the State Capital, the Chairman of the Union Comrade Paul Dakogol said the State Government was able to address some of the issues during the strike and last week entered into agreement with Union on those issues they could not handle immediately.

According to him, the issues already addressed while on strike include the payment of ‘No Work No Pay’,the unpaid check up dues and Cooperative deductions, gratuity remittance for the months of February and March, 2019 and staff recruitment which is on going.

He added that the State Government has approved the exemption of all the Tertiary Institutions from the Treasury Single Accounts and has promised to look into the payment of peculiar allowance to Academic and Non- Academic staff.

Mr. Dakogol, however emphasised that the Union shall not accept non-commitment from the Ministry of Finance in implementing the agreement and would not hesitate to take necessary actions should the Union observe any violation to the terms of agreement.

“Following these appreciable development in the negotiations , the unions after thorough consultations with its members hereby direct the suspension of the strike with immediate effect on this day of 17 the June 2019 .
We commend the Governor Simon Lalong led administration for understanding with the union in resolving some the issues and in reciprocating the gesture , we have directed our members to resume work without further delay “.

It would be recalled that the Union on the 23th of April declared an indefinite strike following the inability of the government to meet their demands.

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Plateau Tertiary Institutions Suspends Strike Action