Bauchi school workers cry out over salary gaps

The committee of the Academic and Non-Academic Union tertiary institutions in Bauchi State has cried out over salary shortfall for its members.

Abubakar Ahmed, the Chairman of the union announced this on Thursday at a press briefing. He noted that the state government approved the new salary structure, but there were some issues of salary shortfalls for some staff.

“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”, he said.

He also addressed the state’s pension scheme, noting that the scheme needs to be re-evaluated by the Bauchi State government.

“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”, he concluded.