The Joint Union of Plateau State Owned Tertiary Institutions (JUPTI) has embarked on an indefinite strike.
The announcement came following the end of a seven-day ultimatum given to the Plateau State Government by the union urging it to pay all outstanding and withheld salaries of its members on or before August 31.
According to the union, the state government failed to yield to the ultimatum.
The union, in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Paul Dakol, and secretary, Solomon Ayum explained that from Monday, all academic and administrative activities would be suspended until the demands are met.
“No staff shall receive any directive from any quarter except from JUPTI,” the union said in the statement.
In response to the development, Yakubu Dati, commissioner of information and communication in the state said: “we are appealing to the union to come back. We are appealing to them out of sincerity.

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