The Tutorial Workers Union of Universities, Taraba State College chapter, on Thursday, appealed to Governor Agbu Kefas to pay the N1.7 billion collected earned Tutorial and promotional allowances owed to employees of the college since 2014.
That is even because the Union lamented the extended delay within the cost of their withheld salaries, noting that with every day passing with out the cost of those excellent salaries, the monetary pressure on their members intensifies, pushing them additional into misery and uncertainty.
Addressing a press convention on the ASUU home on the Taraba State College, the Chairperson of the Union, Dr. Garba Mbave, stated the non-payment of promotion arrears and withheld salaries not solely create monetary pressure for members but in addition erodes their morale and diminishes their belief within the equity and integrity of the establishment.
“These conditions we’ve been subjected to have the potential to disrupt industrial concord and compromise the productiveness and effectiveness of our workforce.
“The extended delay within the cost of Earned Tutorial Allowance has created vital discontent and frustration amongst our members. The non-payment of those allowances not solely undermines the dedication and dedication of our educational employees but in addition poses a risk to the general industrial concord inside our instructional establishment.
“The buildup of those unpaid allowances since 2014 has solely exacerbated the grievances and discontent amongst our educational employees. We urge the federal government to take decisive motion to deal with this urgent problem and prioritise the immediate cost of the excellent Earned Tutorial Allowances and withheld salaries owed to our members.
“With no pension scheme in place for members of employees, we’re confronted with the challenges of economic insecurity and uncertainty. That is an unacceptable state of affairs that highlights the pressing want for motion.”
Whereas commending the governor for the renovation of scholars’ hostels and slashing of charges for undergraduate college students, the union urged the federal government to take decisive motion on the problems of excellent earned educational allowances, withheld salaries, promotional arrears, and development of a parameter fence for the college.
