Students of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, on Monday, blocked some of the major entry points into the city centre, demanding the payment of 10-month salary arrears owed to staff of the university by the Taraba State government.
The protest followed the decision of all the university unions including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities not to continue with the examination scheduled to commence on Monday, January 9.
Angered by the inability of the university management and the state government to pay the staff their entitlements for 10 months, the students matched to the Vice Chancellor’s office to register their grievances, but could not find him on seat, they thereby proceeded to block the nearby Jalingo-Bali federal highway in protest.
A 300-level student of Education Administration and Planning, Musa Adi, and Umar Abdullahi of Chemistry department told our correspondent that the failure of Governor Darius Ishaku to pay the lecturers further demonstrated his lack of capacity to govern the state.“Instead of addressing our demands and secure our future, the governor ordered police to teargas us on our way to the Government House to register our protest,” Adi said.
“The tear gas affected us in the office and for close to an hour, the premises was so chaotic as we battle the tear gas and students stampede,” the staff member said.
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