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Taraba Minimum Wage: We’re Among Best Paid Varsity Staff in Nigeria- TSU Lecturers

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By Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo

JALINGO (Precise Post) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba state university Jalingo chapter on Friday said that the implementation of the new national minimum wage by governor Agbu Kefas has placed the state University among highest paid universities in Nigeria.

Dr. Joshua Mbaver the ASUU chairman noted that “this is a mind blowing development. I want to tell you that this development will see a lot of transformational changes in the University. We are now among top best paid university lecturers in all Nigeria universities, including federal universities.

“I sincerely commend governor Agbu Kefas for taking this wise decision. It’s a moral burster that will make us deliver the best that has never witnessed in any university in Nigeria. This development would attract the best professionals of different fields, from other universities to Taraba, and we will create wonders.

“I must commend the ministry of Tertiary Education, the commissioner, and the university management for their efforts that saw quick resolution of issues around us in the university” Dr. Mbaver said

Some of the lecturers who spoke to journalists in Jalingo described the development as a moral booster for best service delivery that would rank the university among top Five universities in Nigeria.

They commended governor Agbu Kefas for the decision, and appealed for sustainability to attract more professionals to the university to be rank among world best.

On his part, Professor Christian Amuche, Dean of the College of Postgraduate Studies, stated that the implementation of the New Minimum Wage has made Taraba State University one of the highest-paying institutions in Nigeria.

Amuche expressed that the development will change the status of the institution in terms of performance.

“We are now among the highest paid university staff in the whole of Nigeria. As we are rank among top highest paying staff, we are going to reciprocate the gesture by giving out the best that has never witnessed in any of the Nigeria universities.

“We will make Taraba state University to be the best university in Nigeria in terms of academic performance. We will ensure that the university is rank among world best universities”

Meanwhile, an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, at the university, Samuel Shikaa said that, “as the then Chairperson of ASUU Taraba State University (ASUU-TSU), I was privileged to meet His Excellency, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on the 3rd of April, 2023, in his capacity as Governor-elect. During our engagement, we had a sincere and fruitful discussion regarding the state of the university and its pressing issues.

“It is worth noting that if the government agents mediating between the Union and the Governor had effectively discharged their responsibilities, the potential for industrial disharmony would have been significantly mitigated.

“However, the decisive intervention by His Excellency during the recent strike demonstrates his exceptional political will to address longstanding challenges within the university, surpassing the efforts of all his predecessors after the tenure of His Excellency, Pharm. Danbaba Danfulani Suntai.

“The current administration’s response to these issues appears more holistic and strategic than ever before”.

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