By Andrew Ojih, Jalingo.
The Taraba state chapter of the Academic staff union of Polytechnics ASUP, weekend appealed to Taraba state governor, Dr Agbu Kefas to implement the 25/35% salary increase for staff of Taraba state Polytechnic Suntai.
The newly elected chairman of ASUP, Dr Bala Sule while speaking to journalists at the polytechnic campus during Oath taking in Jalingo hinted that government is owing staff of the polytechnic outstanding salary arrears.
“As ASUP Chairman, I will do my best to navigate and get the attention of governor Kefas to appeal to him to implement our 25/35% salary increase.
And even our outstanding salary arrears will be table before him, we will let him know that putting staff in financial distress would not be healthy for members ” he said.
He stressed that the institution under his leadership will not witness any industrial strike action even when government failed to address their demands.
“Under my watch, they will be no strike action of any form, even if government failed to address our demands, we will pursue with diplomacy to ensure that government attend to us ” added.
He noted that the new leadership of ASUP in the institution would periotise the welfare of all staff respectively.
He added that in a no distant time, he will have a dialogue with the National and Zonal body of ASUP to visit to Taraba state to see the governor to pressure him to implement the 25/35% salary increase for staff.