Over 45 months of unpaid salaries caused ad hoc staff to disrupt operations at the Plateau State College of Health Technology in the state's Pankshin Local Government Area yesterday.
At around 10 a.m., they blocked the institution's main gate while holding signs that described their suffering.
Mr. Wambutda, their leader, called it disgusting that despite their hardship, there are constant staff substitutions in open jobs without giving the ad hoc workers any attention.
"The non-confirmation/absorption, continual replacement of staff, and non-payment of our stipend for 45 months are the reasons for the protest.
The demonstration is a chance to draw the government's and other relevant agencies' attention to the unfairness and mistreatment we have experienced within the institution over the past few years, he said.
The demonstrators vowed to keep up their activity until their demands were satisfied. The Provost of the College, Dr. Fwangje, did not return calls at the time of the news, therefore there was no official statement on the incident.
Paul Rabo, the Registrar, however, remarked: "I do not understand why they objected.
You may either come to Pankshin and we can talk in person, or I'll find out and get back to you.
In the meantime, the State Ministry of Higher Education was unable to comment since it lacked a commissioner and the Permanent Secretary, who serves as the interim head, was unavailable at the time the story was published.