Dare Babalola
The Joint Action Committee of the Academic and Non-Academic Union of Bauchi State-owned tertiary institutions has called on the state government to investigate an alleged anomaly in the salaries of some of their members.
The association made this appeal on Thursday at a press briefing where it lamented the shortfall in the salaries of some members.
The union’s chairman, Abubakar Ahmed, noting that the state government has commenced the implementation of 90% of the new salary structures of COMPCASS and CONTEDISS, called for the probe of the salary shortfalls.
The chairman said, “It has come to our notice that some staff received their June 2025 salaries with unexplained shortfalls ranging from N2,000 to as high as N40,000. We are confident that this was not intentional and may be a result of computation or transmission errors.
“We respectfully request the urgent attention of the relevant authorities to investigate and address these anomalies so that affected staff are fully paid what is due to them.”
Furthermore, the union restated its position on the Bauchi State Contributory Pension Scheme, saying that “We have studied the scheme thoroughly and, while we support any policy that ensures retirement security, we are concerned about certain provisions that are anti-worker, especially in the area of pension administration after retirement.
“JAC has officially communicated its reservations to the Head of Service, and we once again called on the Government to re-examine the scheme in the best interest of workers.”
