NUT Threatens Nationwide Strike Over Minimum Wage
National leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday threatened to embark on a nation-wide industrial strike if teachers in unity schools across the country were not paid their national minimum wage and the 27.5 per cent teachers peculiar allowance by the federal government.
Rising from the 56th national delegates conference of the union in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the leadership of the union lauded the sagacity of teachers in the Unity schools for remaining law abiding while awaiting justice to be done.
The NUT seriously frowned that since 2008 about seven years ago that the Teachers allowance scheme came to effect, the federal government has continued to remain silent on effecting or implementing the scheme.
Briefing newsmen at the end of the four-day conference, the re-elected national president of the union, Comrade Michael Alogba Olukoya said the national executive of the union has resolved to meet with the leadership of the unity schools on how to tackle their problems.
“After this conference we are meeting with the leaders of these Unity Schools that if the 27.5 % is not paid there will be strike in all the Federal Government Unity schools. Enough is enough our grievance is running out”, he stressed.
He commended state governments that have religiously implemented the reward system of national minimum wage berating states like Benue and others that refused to implement the scheme.
“It is quite disheartening that in spite of several agreements reached with these governments they have remained adamant and impervious thereby creating a climate of disharmony and discontent within the education system of those states.
“We shall remain focused in redressing every assault on our teachers by any political authority including the federal government for not being just and equitable to our teachers in unity schools.
“It is unfortunate that the federal government which is expected to show the light for others to follow could not accord its teachers in unity schools and all other federal schools, the needed honour of paying them the 27.5 per cent teachers allowance which came into effect since 2008,” he stated.
A communiqué issued at the end of the conference urged the federal government to place education on the quality side of its transformation agenda.
Rising from the 56th national delegates conference of the union in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the leadership of the union lauded the sagacity of teachers in the Unity schools for remaining law abiding while awaiting justice to be done.
The NUT seriously frowned that since 2008 about seven years ago that the Teachers allowance scheme came to effect, the federal government has continued to remain silent on effecting or implementing the scheme.
Briefing newsmen at the end of the four-day conference, the re-elected national president of the union, Comrade Michael Alogba Olukoya said the national executive of the union has resolved to meet with the leadership of the unity schools on how to tackle their problems.
“After this conference we are meeting with the leaders of these Unity Schools that if the 27.5 % is not paid there will be strike in all the Federal Government Unity schools. Enough is enough our grievance is running out”, he stressed.
He commended state governments that have religiously implemented the reward system of national minimum wage berating states like Benue and others that refused to implement the scheme.
“It is quite disheartening that in spite of several agreements reached with these governments they have remained adamant and impervious thereby creating a climate of disharmony and discontent within the education system of those states.
“We shall remain focused in redressing every assault on our teachers by any political authority including the federal government for not being just and equitable to our teachers in unity schools.
“It is unfortunate that the federal government which is expected to show the light for others to follow could not accord its teachers in unity schools and all other federal schools, the needed honour of paying them the 27.5 per cent teachers allowance which came into effect since 2008,” he stated.
A communiqué issued at the end of the conference urged the federal government to place education on the quality side of its transformation agenda.
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