IMPLEMENT 65/40 YRS RETIREMENT AGE, WORKERS TELL KADUNA GOVT
By Moh Bello Habib, Zaria
Rising from their joint meeting, held at Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria on Tuesday, the Kaduna state own Tertiary Institutions Workers under the auspices of Joint Unions of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State (JUTIKS) have called on the State Government to implement 65/40 years retirement age of non teaching Staff of all the Institution among other demands.
The joints Unions consist, those of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, Shehu Idris College of Health Sciences and Technology, Makarfi and that Kaduna State College of Nursing Sciences, Kaduna.
This is contained in one page communique signed by Chairman of the joints Unions, Comrade Usman Shehu Suleiman and made available to Journalists in Zaria by their Public Relations Officer comrade Goma Umar Faruk on Wednesday.
Other demands listed by the Unionists are Completing 30% CONPCASS/CONTEDISS as promised, implemention of Federal Government 25% and 35% wage allowance, to exclude Earned allowance (AEA) and other allowances from tax
The Unions also urged the Government to implement the consolidated Academic Tool Allowance (CATA) which 40% of 100% CONPCASS as well as the consolidated Non-Teaching tool allowance (CONTTA) for teaching staff which 35% of 100% as signed by representatives of the Federal Government.
The Unions said "These demands are extraction of the making of standards in the life of academic institutions generally as carefully embedded in the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) which are the regulatory bodies of the Institutions.
"Therefore paying these demands is a gateway to standardizing all Institutions."
However, the Unionists lauded Uba Sani's led administration for implementing the 70% CONPCASS/CONTEDISS in October last year that improved their welfare.
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