ASUU strike: Taraba gov’t insists on ‘no work, no pay’ policy

The Taraba State Government has issued a ceremonial reminder to striking assemblage unions astatine the State University, Jalingo, reiterating its enforcement of the “No Work, No Pay” argumentation during the ongoing concern action.

In a announcement connected Wednesday, addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the University and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, subdivision of the institution, the authorities referenced provisions of the Trade Union Disputes Act, specifically Section 43, which states that employers, peculiarly authorities institutions, are not obligated to wage wages to employees who enactment successful onslaught actions.

According to the connection signed by the commissioner of tertiary institutions, Mike Dio, the instrumentality intelligibly stipulates that workers who retreat their services during a onslaught are not entitled to salaries for the duration of the concern action.

Additionally, the play spent connected strike, according to the statement, volition not beryllium considered portion of pensionable service.

The authorities explained that the reminder became indispensable aft a bid of negotiations and mediation ef...