The Kaduna State Ministry of Training has condemned the continued strike by the Kaduna State College (KASU) Tutorial Employees Union of Universities (ASUU), calling it an act of sabotage.
In an announcement issued on Friday, the Commissioner for Training, Muhammad Bello, criticized ASUU’s actions, highlighting that the union had remained silent from 2009 to 2024. He claimed that in its newfound assertiveness, the union was now undermining the establishment by embarking on a complete, complete, and indefinite strike.
Bello defined that the dispute with the state authorities revolved round unpaid salaries from Could to September 2022 and educational allowances from 2015 to 2020, amongst different calls for. He assured that Governor Uba Sani was taking steps to deal with these long-standing points, which predate the present administration.
“As a substitute of permitting due course of to take its course, ASUU is flexing its muscle mass in a manner that may disrupt KASU’s educational calendar and undo the progress made to this point,” Bello mentioned. “Whereas the governor has agreed to a few of their calls for and promised to satisfy with ASUU members upon his return from his journey, the union stays defiant.”
Bello additional accused the union of getting a hidden agenda to destabilize the administration’s progress within the schooling sector over the previous 20 months. “Some people, pretending to be unionists, are jeopardizing our youngsters’s future,” he added.
The commissioner reminded that ASUU had tried to interact with the earlier administration for years with out success. He additionally famous that on December 18, 2024, Governor Sani met with the administration and union leaders of all state-owned tertiary establishments for over three hours to debate excellent salaries and welfare points. Whereas points have been raised and a consensus was reached, Bello mentioned ASUU was now trying to derail these agreements.
“Regardless of the money owed originating from the earlier administration, the governor has agreed to pay in installments, given the state’s monetary limitations,” Bello said.
Moreover, Bello recalled that ASUU had raised considerations about funding for each day operations, to which the governor had pledged to introduce a sharing components and take into account eradicating tertiary establishments from the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
In conclusion, Bello emphasised that on account of ASUU’s refusal to rethink, the Kaduna State authorities would implement a “no work, no pay” coverage at some stage in the strike.
