Nigeria, May 24 -- Tertiary institutions owned by the Bauchi State government are facing a growing crisis as senior lecturers and experienced non-academic staff continue to leave for federal institutions and neighboring states offering better pay and benefits.

The Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of Academic and Non-Academic Staff Unions in Bauchi, Engineer Abubakar Ahmad, raised the alarm and urged the state government to take immediate action.

In an interview with Newsmen on Friday night, Engineer Ahmad appealed to the government to implement the salary increase previously agreed upon with the unions.

He warned that if nothing is done, the quality of education in the state could suffer badly, with institutions losing skilled st...