Academic and non-academic staff of the Kaduna State College of Nursing Sciences on Monday commenced a three-day warning strike, crippling activities across its three campuses in Kaduna, Kafanchan, and Pambegua.
The industrial action, led by the workers’ unions, followed what they described as management’s deliberate refusal to promote eligible staff for three consecutive years, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Our correspondent observed that lectures and administrative duties were completely suspended, leaving students stranded as staff withdrew their services.
In a statement signed by the union chairman, Dr. Daniel Danboyi, and made available to journalists, the workers accused the college management of stalling career progression and neglecting staff welfare despite repeated appeals.
“We have resolved to down tools for three days – Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, as a warning strike to press home our demand for the promotion of qualified staff whose cases have been pending for three years,” the statement partly read.
The unions further warned that failure by management to resolve the matter within the warning period would compel them to embark on an indefinite strike.
They also appealed to Governor Uba Sani to intervene in the crisis, stressing that if left unresolved, the situation could degenerate into a prolonged industrial dispute.
Efforts to reach the Provost of the College for comments proved abortive, as calls and text messages to his mobile line were not responded to at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, some students expressed concern over the disruption, lamenting that the strike could further derail their academic calendar, which had already suffered setbacks from previous industrial actions in state-owned tertiary institutions.
