How Lalong Is Toying With Education- Plateau State Owned Tertiary Institution Workers

The Workers of the state-owned tertiary institutions in Plateau State on Friday condemned the deplorable state of affairs in the tertiary education sector in the state.

According to the workers who have been on strike for the past two weeks said they will continue not to fold their arms while the situation continued to degenerate, as it accused the state government under Governor Simon Lalong of toying with tertiary education in the state.

While addressing a press conference in Jos on Friday, the Chairman of the Joint Union of Plateau State-owned Tertiary Institutions, Sunoe Longbaam, said it was unfortunate that instead of attending to the demands of the striking workers, government officials had continued to frustrate their efforts despite an agreement reached with the union members.

“A situation, where our reminders and notices are not responded to by offices, where such letters are addressed, calls for concern. We are a law-abiding union and cannot just watch while some officials in government toy with tertiary education in the state,” Longbaam said,

The chairman maintained that the striking workers would not return to their duty posts until governments addressed their demands.

Such demands, according to him, include the non-release of 25 percent TSA withheld funds totaling N460m to tertiary institutions and non-implementation of the peculiar allowance as contained in the agreement for the implementation of CONTEDISS.