The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University (TSU) department, has reaffirmed its complete and indefinite strike, directing members to droop all instructing actions, together with on-line lectures, venture supervision and instructing observe supervision.
In an announcement issued on Monday, the department chairperson, Dr. Garba Mbave Joshua, urged members to stay united, disciplined and dedicated to the strike directive.
The union mentioned the strike would stay complete till significant engagement with the federal government produced concrete progress in direction of resolving the problems behind the economic motion.
It clarified that no instructing, supervision or lectures, whether or not performed on-line or bodily, ought to happen all through the strike.
ASUU-TSU directed members to droop all tutorial actions throughout college programmes, together with these performed outdoors the college premises. It additionally warned in opposition to utilizing different platforms or preparations to avoid the union’s collective determination.
“Compliance with the directive is essential to sustaining the union’s bargaining position. Selective participation in academic activities could weaken its collective action,” the union mentioned.
The department management maintained that the success of the strike depended on the solidarity of its members, urging them to adjust to the directive with out exception.
ASUU-TSU additionally cautioned members in opposition to what it described as media propaganda, deceptive experiences and provocative statements allegedly meant to undermine the strike.
It suggested members to not permit rumours, hypothesis or unverified data to affect their choices or create divisions throughout the union.
The assertion mentioned there had been no significant engagement with the federal government able to addressing the problems on the centre of the dispute.
The union consequently urged members to ignore any impression that the disagreement had been resolved, insisting that its place would stay unchanged till concrete progress was achieved by negotiations.
It additionally suggested members to rely on official communications from the department management for clarification moderately than data circulating by unofficial channels.
While appreciating members for his or her sacrifices, self-discipline and dedication to the wrestle, the management mentioned the union remained decided to defend their respectable pursuits.
The assertion additional urged members to stay vigilant and resist intimidation, stressing that unity and collective willpower had been important to attaining the union’s calls for.
ASUU-TSU has been on an indefinite strike since October 12, 2026, over unresolved calls for, together with the implementation of the 2025 Federal Government-ASUU settlement and excellent wage arrears relationship again to January 2026.
The industrial motion has disrupted tutorial actions on the college, together with examinations, elevating considerations amongst college students, mother and father and different stakeholders over the establishment’s tutorial calendar.
