The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba University chapter, has suspended its one-month-old strike.
The ASUU chairman in the university, Dr. Joshua Mbaver, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Jalingo.
He said the suspension of the strike followed the state government’s willingness to meet the union’s demands.
The lecturers embarked on strike on December 5, 2024, to protest the state government’s partial implementation of multiple Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) and Memoranda of Actions (MoAs) agreed by both parties in 2014.
The ASUU chairman said the state government has addressed key issues in the dispute with commitments.
Mbaver said: “We agreed that the government, through the Governing Council, will enhance university funding in line with Taraba State Law No. 4 of 2008.
“Also, an initial payment of 10 percent of the total accumulated sum for Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), has been disbursed.
“Subsequently, five percent of the accumulated sum will be released monthly, commencing in February 2025, until the entire arrears are fully defrayed.”
He said the government had approved the implementation of a “State-Defined Pension Scheme” with specific provisions for the prompt and efficient payment of benefits.
“A template for clearing arrears will be finalised by the first week of February 2025.
“Membership will be adjusted to comply with statutory requirements for the constitution of the University Governing Council
“The government has also implemented the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments, with a commitment to timely salary payments.
“Following the agreements in place and with the approval of the ASUU National body, the strike has been suspended immediately,” he added.
