KADUNA Unions Suspend Strike OVER ApprovAL Of New Salary Structure

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has approved the implementation of 70% of the 2024 CONPCASS/CONTEDISS wage operation for unit of the state-owned tertiary institutions, effectual October 2025.

The politician said the support was portion of his  administration’s committedness to improving workers’ payment and revitalising the acquisition sector.

The authorities further said the support followed a high-level gathering betwixt the Governor and leaders of the Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions (JUTIKS), culminating successful suspending the unions’ month-long strike.

The dialog astatine the Government House, Kaduna, was facilitated by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, led by Comrade Ayuba Suleiman. Representatives of world and non-academic unions from Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria; College of Education, Gidan Waya; and the Kaduna State College of Nursing and Midwifery, which has campuses successful Kaduna, Kafanchan, and Pambegua, attended.

The unions had declared an concern enactment connected September 30, 2025, implicit issues relating to implementing the 2009 CONPCASS/CONTEDISS wage structure, status benefits, and wide payment of unit successful State-owned tertiary institutions.

In a associated property league held aft the gathering successful Kaduna, the national leaders expressed appreciation to Governor Sani for his “listening leadership, transparency, and unwavering committedness to workers’ payment and acquisition advancement successful Kaduna State.”

The Union leaders said the cardinal outcomes of the gathering included support and contiguous implementation of 70% of the 2024 CONPCASS/CONTEDISS wage operation for world and non-academic staff.

“Approval of the 65-year status age.Approval of 40 years of work argumentation for non-teaching staff”

The presumption of the Unions was jointly signed by Comrade Ayuba Suleiman, NLC Chairman, Kaduna State; Comrade Usman Shehu Suleiman, Chairman, JUTIKS/ASUP, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic; Comrade Shuaibu Dauda Adamu, Secretary General, JUTIKS; Comrade Nuhu Yerima Christopher, Chairman, COESU, College of Education, Gidan Waya; Comrade Mahmud Aliyu Kwarbai, Chairman, NASU, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic; and Comrade Daniel Danboyi, Chairman, Academic Staff Union, College of Nursing.