The Joint Consultative Forum (JCF) of Tertiary Institutions owned by the Katsina state government has declared a 14-day ultimatum beginning from December 9, demanding full implementation of all salary structures as submitted and approved by the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission.
Chairman of the forum, Comrade Muhammad Nasir Gidado, made this declaration while addressing the press at the end of the joint consultative meeting held at Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic.
The forum reminded the state government that Katsina state has been advocating for the implementation of new salary structures.
The JCF chairman reiterated that the executive committee reaffirmed its position to the Katsina state government on the new national minimum wage.
He added that the forum has received the proposed and approved salary tables from the NLC and expressed “grave reservations” after careful study.
Gidado highlighted key concerns, including the omission of salary tables for both academic and non-academic staff of UMYU from earlier submissions made by the forum, as well as unfavourable adjustments made to the consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Salary (CONTISS11).
He said: “We want to draw the attention of the state government to note that the JCF has resolved to issue a 14-day ultimatum, and it is done in the collective interests of all staff of Katsina state-owned tertiary institutions’’
“It is hoped that the state will act accordingly in due course to aid continuous industrial harmony’’
Institutions that were listed under the JCF include UMYU, HUkP, Isah Kaita College, Yusuf Bala Usman College of Education, KSITM, Colleges of Health Sciences, and Nursing among others.
