The Joint Union of Gombe State Tertiary Institutions (JOUGTIN) has introduced an indefinite strike throughout 4 public tertiary establishments within the state from Tuesday, October 20, over unresolved wage and welfare calls for.
In a communiqué dated October 19, 2026, the union mentioned the strike would start at midnight following the expiration of a one-month window granted to the state authorities to handle the excellent points.
The affected establishments are the College of Education, Billiri; Gombe State Polytechnic, Bajoga; College of Health Science and Technology, Kaltungo; and College of Education and Legal Studies, Nafada.
JOUGTIN contains 5 unions: COEASU, ASUP, SSUCOEN, SSANIP and NASU, representing educational, senior and non-academic employees throughout the establishments.
The union mentioned it issued a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government on August 17, which expired on August 31 and not using a passable response, selling a two-week warning strike which started on September 2.
According to the communiqué, the federal government subsequently appealed to the unions to droop the deliberate indefinite strike and permit one month for additional negotiations, promising concrete commitments in the direction of resolving the dispute.
JOUGTIN accepted the request within the curiosity of dialogue and industrial concord, granting the federal government till October 16 to handle the calls for.
The union mentioned it reminded the federal government of the settlement in a letter dated October 6.
At a gathering on October 17, attended by the Permanent Secretary on behalf of the Commissioner for Education, the federal government once more requested extra time however didn’t current a concrete and verifiable supply.
JOUGTIN mentioned its management couldn’t unilaterally grant one other extension as a result of the congresses of the constituent unions had resolved that an indefinite strike ought to start if the calls for remained unresolved after the agreed deadline.
The excellent calls for embrace the implementation of the N30,000 and N70,000 nationwide minimal wage provisions, consequential changes, accredited 25 and 35 per cent CONPCASS/CONTISS wage changes, and the 2024 wage construction.
The unions are additionally demanding cost of excellent minimum-wage-related wage changes, wage awards and palliatives launched to cushion the results of gasoline subsidy removing.
Other calls for embrace cost of annual increments mentioned to have been excellent for greater than eight years and implementation of accredited CATA and CONTTA allowances.
JOUGTIN mentioned the strike was not a straightforward determination, noting that it had demonstrated endurance by granting the federal government extra time to resolve the dispute.
It apologised to college students, mother and father and different stakeholders for the disruption the motion would possibly trigger however maintained that addressing the calls for was important for employees welfare and institutional stability.
The union urged its members to stay peaceable, united and disciplined all through the strike, whereas expressing readiness for additional negotiations able to producing concrete commitments and a reputable decision of the dispute.
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