Kaduna Tertiary Institutions Union Begins 7-Day Warning Strike

The Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions of Kaduna State (JUTIKS) has commenced a seven-day warning strike across 4 tertiary institutions in the state over the failure of the government to meet its demands on salary adjustments, allowances and other welfare issues.

The affected institutions are Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria; College of Health Sciences, Makarfi; College of Education, Gidan Waya; and School of Nursing, Kaduna.

The strike, which began at midnight on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, followed the expiration of a 15-day ultimatum issued to the Kaduna State Government on October 27.

Chairman of JUTIKS, Comrade Usman Shehu Suleiman, who confirmed the commencement of the industrial action while speaking to journalists, said the union was compelled to embark on the strike after the government failed to meet its demands.

He said that although government representatives met with the union’s leadership on Sunday at the Government House, Kaduna, the meeting did not produce a fruitful outcome.

According to him, the union requested that the government provide written commitments on the issues discussed so that they could be presented to its congress for consideration, but the government did not provide the requested document.

“We asked them to write a letter officially to us so that we could present it to the congress because the congress would not accept just verbal agreements on what they would pay or implement without written documents,” he said.

Suleiman explained that the congress rejected the verbal assurances, leaving the union with no option but to proceed with the warning strike after the ultimatum expired.

In a letter dated November 10, 2026, addressed to Governor Uba Sani, JUTIKS said it had previously written to the state government on September 9 and September 30, appealing for the implementation of its demands.

The demands include the payment of the remaining 30 per cent CONPCASS/CONTEDISS salary adjustment, implementation of the previously approved 25 per cent and 35 per cent federal government wage allowances, and the issuance of an establishment circular for the 65-year retirement age or 40 years of service for non-teaching staff.

Others are the exclusion of Academic Earned Allowance and other allowances from taxation, implementation of the Consolidated Academic Tool Allowance (CATA) and Consolidated Non-Teaching Tool Allowance (CONTTA), and payment of outstanding arrears of the wage and tool allowances from January 2026.

The union appealed to Governor Uba Sani to intervene urgently to address the issues and avert further disruption of academic and administrative activities in the affected institutions.

JUTIKS’ action comes a day after the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) commenced its own strike in Kaduna State.