EDUCATION
Oyo state teachers commence
indefinite strike
The Oyo State wing
of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) today (Monday) commenced an indefinite
strike due to delay in payment of salaries of primary school teachers and other
requests.
The union said the
strike became necessary due to the inability of the state government to meet
its demands.
NUT had last week, issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Oyo State Government
to clear and settle the backlogs of salaries owed its members.
The union, while
lamenting over unpaid salaries of primary school teachers, gave the state
government 72 hours notice or go on indefinite strike if the situation is not
reversed.
NUT Chairman,
Comrade Z.T Adedoyin and Secretary, Comrade N.M. Abdullahi, in a joint
statement issued after a meeting of the union, lamented over complementary
allowances of promotions of the teachers.
The union also
listed issues worrying the members of the union as non-implementation of the
approval and accompany promotion benefits to the primary school teachers by the
Oyo State Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC), delay
in payment of salary to primary school teachers, delay in the promotion of
grade level 14 to 15, continued withholding of 2018 leave grant and delay in
the clearance of teachers allegedly accused of illegal promotion.
The teachers said
that they were commencing the strike today because, efforts made by the state
government to persuade the teachers, met brick walls.
We gathered
that the state government had invited the leaders of the union to a parley on
May 15 but no deal was reached.
The NUT
acknowledged that its leadership met with the state Head of Service and the
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs on May 15 during
which both government functionaries made passionate appeal to them to shelve
the proposed strike.
The union, however,
but stated that their appeal could not change anything because none of their
demands was met.
The teachers are
downing tools over delay in the promotion of primary school teachers from
salary grade level 14 to 15, as well as delay in payment in payment of salary
of primary school teachers.
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