ASUU Strike: Primary, Secondary School Teachers Threaten Solidarity Strike, Give Two Weeks Ultimatum ***************** The NUT on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the FG and the ASUU to resolve the strike embarked upon by university lecturers. The NUT President, Michael Olukoya, gave the ultimatum in Abuja at the end of the union’s meeting with teachers’ representatives across the country. The NUT is made up of teachers in public primary and secondary schools across Nigeria. Mr. Olukoya said that members of the union would not hesitate to close down the nation’s schools, if the two parties failed to reach agreement after two weeks. He described the current ASUU strike “as nationalistic, patriotic and self-sacrificing. “We will not hesitate to shut down the education system in the country, if the government fails to fulfill or honour the agreement it entered into with the lecturers,” he said. The NUT president said that Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo’s call for a complete over-haul of teachers’ qualification as unacceptable to the NUT. He said that the blame should be put on the door steps of the employers and not teachers. “NUT will forever be proud of all its teachers, believing that all employment agencies are corruption-free, disciplined and quality conscious in their employment drives,” he said. Mr. Olukoya also urged the governors of Kogi, Benue and Cross River to honour the agreement they made with teachers on the payment of 27.5 per cent teachers salary structure.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:29:40 +0000
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