No salary No Exams: Taraba varsity students stage violent protest
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
Students at the Taraba State University Jalingo on Monday staged an undemocratic protest at the school, blocking the federal government Jalingo Bali Gembu and the Jalingo Bali Takum roads.
The protest which saw students of the institution burning tyres around the school and on the major roads linking the state capital over the school lecturers refusal to commence examination for the semester.
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Our Correspondent reports that the protest became violent when students started throwing stones around the university premises with threat to the lives of the lecturers.
Recall that staff of the institution have last week protested round the school over non payment of their salaries and threatened, No salary No exams action.
The university staff lead by Mr. Solomon Ishaya Audu the NASU Chairman and Bitrus Joseph Ajibauka the SSANU Chairman in their protest latter presented to the vice Chancellor Professor Sunday Bako, the union members were demanding payment of the outstanding salary balance of March and June 2022, Payment of the outstanding responsibility and hazard allowances for September 2021, Payment of the 75% outstanding third party deductions of October 2021, Payment of the outstanding full salaries of July to December, 2022, Payment of the outstanding promotion arrears of the non academic staff, Payment of the Earned Administrative Allowances (EAA) for non-teaching staff on a ratio of 50:50 with the academic staff and the review of the usurpation of headship that are meant for the non-academic staff by the academic staff of (1), University Farm Manager, (ll) University Admission Officer (lll) Director CBT (iV) Directorf ICT (V) Directorf Sport.
Meanwhile, Prof. Sunday Bako the vice Chancellor while addressing the protesting staff, assured that the university management and the government were working hard to meet the staff legitimate demands.
Efforts to reach the school SUG president proved abortive, as his phone numbers and that of his secretary were not responding.
