By Hosea Parah, Abuja

The Students of Taraba State University Jalingo has on Monday staged protest over the lecturers refusal to commence examination for the semester.

The protesting students blocked roads, burned tyres on the major roads that leads to the state Capital and in the school premises.

The protest turned violent when the students started throwing stones around the university premises with threat to lives of the lecturers.

To recall that staff of the institution last week protested round the school over non payment of their salaries and threatened, No salary No exams action.

The university staff lead by Mr. Solomon Ishaya Audu the NASU Chairman and Bitrus Joseph Ajibauka the SSANU Chairman in their protest letter presented to the vice Chancellor Professor Sunday Bako, the union members were demanding payment of the outstanding salary balance of March and June 2022, Payment of the outstanding responsibility and hazard allowances for September 2021, Payment of the 75% outstanding third party deductions of October 2021, Payment of the outstanding full salaries of July to December, 2022, Payment of the outstanding promotion arrears of the non academic staff, Payment of the Earned Administrative Allowances (EAA) for non-teaching staff on a ratio of 50:50 with the academic staff and the review of the usurpation of headship that are meant for the non-academic staff by the academic staff of (1), University Farm Manager, (ll) University Admission Officer (lll) Director CBT (iV) Directorf ICT (V) Directorf Sport.

The vice Chancellor Professor Sunday Bako while addressing the protesting staff, assured them that the university management and the government are working hard to meet the staff legitimate demands.

However, efforts to reach the school SUG president proved abortive, as his phone numbers and that of his secretary were not responding.