The FCT wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has initiated an industrial strike action starting from today, September 11.
This decision comes in response to the non-payment of 25 months’ worth of arrears and the failure to implement a 40% peculiar allowance by the council chairmen.
The strike, which affects only primary schools in the FCT, stared on the day of commencement of the first term academic session in both Secondary and Primary school in the state.
The directive was issued following an emergency State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) meeting held at Teachers’ House in Gwagwalada.
READ ALSO: US Open: Novak Djokovic Defeats Medvedev, to win 24th Grand Slam
The communique, jointly signed by NUT State Chairman Comrade Stephen Knabayi and Secretary Margaret F. Jethro, stated that the council chairmen had failed to pay other outstanding allowances, which they said included non-implementation of promotion arrears, non-upgrading of concerned teachers, non-implementation of annual increments, non-implementation of promotion letters released for teachers, among others.
“And having explored and exhausted all available avenues of getting these outstanding demands of the concerned teachers met without the desired result including non-commitment of the councils to the welfare of primary school teachers, the SWEC in-session resolved to direct all primary school teachers to embark on an infinite strike action from Monday; September 11, 2023,” the communique read in part.
READ ALSO: Osimhen’s Hat-Trick Propels Super Eagles to 6-0 Victory Over Sao Tome
The union vowed not to call off the strike until its demands are met while calling on parents across the FCT to remain guided by keeping their wards and children safe at home.
The chairman of Kwali Area Council, Danladi Chiya, who is also the FCT ALGON chairman, did not answer calls or respond to a text message sent to him on the strike.