Edo NUT suspends 3 week-old strike
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Public primary school heads and teachers in Edo, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teacher (NUT), have suspended their three weeks industrial action over wage issues.
The union suspended the strike after an emergency State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) meeting in Benin on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union directed teachers to go on strike on Jan. 18, over non-payment or incomplete payment of 2013 to 2015 promotion arrears of some teachers.
The union also demanded reinforcement and guarantee payment of primary school teachers’ monthly salaries on or before the 27th of every month as directed by Gov. Godwin Obaseki.
Public primary school teachers and headteachers in Edo, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teacher (NUT), on Friday, suspended their three-week-old industrial action with a call on the state government to urgently meet their demands.
The union’s decision to suspend the action was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its emergency State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) meeting held in Benin-City. x
The communiqué was jointly signed by the state NUT Chairman, Pius Okhuleliegbe; NUT Assistant Secretary, Mike Itua, state Chairman of the Association of Primary School Headteachers of Nigeria (AOPSHON), Ehileboh Thomas, and the state Secretary of the All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS).
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By Adibe Emenyonu
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Edo State yesterday directed all primary school teachers in the state to shun the February 1, 2021, resumption date proposed by the state government.
The leadership of the union gave the order in a statement issued in Benin-city by the state Chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe, and the Assistant Secretary-General of the union, Moni Mike Modesty Itua.
The NUT had on January 12, 2021, directed all primary school teachers and school heads to embark on an indefinite strike with effect from January 18 over the inability of the state government to pay them.
The union in reaction to the state governmentâs request to suspend the strike, noted that the state government has not demonstrated any reasonable commitment to resolve the issues presented to it.
TODAY
February 1, 2021
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State Wing, has defied today (Monday)’s resumption order of Governor Godwin Obaseki by asking parents and guardians to keep their children and wards from public primary schools.
It insisted that the indefinite strike started by Edo primary school teachers on January 18 was still in force.
Edo NUT, on Sunday in a statement by its Chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe, Assistant Secretary-General Mike Itua and three other members of the executive, said the union was resolute in ensuring that freedom for displeased primary school teachers must be now or never.
The statement said Edo NUT had not called off the indefinite strike, urging the public to ignore the misinformation and propaganda of the Obaseki administration.