Nigeria Content Online

The students of
tertiary institutions in Nasarawa State have been put in suspense as
the ongoing strike by the lecturers enter the third week with neither
the state government nor the lecturers reaching an agreement .

Lecturers at
College of Education, Akwanga, College of Agriculture, Lafia and
Nasarawa Polytechnic, Lafia have been on strike, on and off, since
April 1 to press for implementation of the federal government approved
salary scales CONPCASS, CONHESS and CONTEDISS.

The last strike,
which started three weeks ago, is going on simultaneously with
inter-faith prayers and fasting by the lecturers who are praying to God
to intervene in their plight in order to stop the decay in the
education sector in the state. They called off the last strike on
October 28 after a written appeal by three traditional rulers serving
as chairmen of the councils of the three schools .

However the state
government refused to fulfil its promises , hence another strike
started.A joint staff union of the three institutions , held an
inter-faith session yesterday, spearheaded by Mr. Kpanja, head of the
unions and the Akwanga chairman, Michael Anzaku.

“We are seeking
God’s intervention in the poor condition of service, and the decay in
the education sector,” Mr Anzaku said. The inter-faith session was led
by Gudi Kreni for the Christians, and Suleiman Abdulsalam for the
Muslims.

Head of Service in Nasarawa State, Usman Dubagari said government
was not aware of the lecturers’ strike. He also stated that the
lecturers did not inform government of their resolution.