Daily Trust
By Abubakr Sadiq Isah
Teachers of primary schools and Government Secondary Schools (GSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have threatened to embark on a five-day warning strike over the non- payment of their promotion arrears.
Addressing newsmen at the end of an emergency meeting of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Wednesday, Acting secretary of the NUT, Comrade Margareth I Jethro, said the union resolved to embark on the strike due to the “non-commitment and lack of political will” by the six area councils chairmen to settle outstanding entitlements of LEA primary school teachers in the FCT.
She said despite various ultimatum issued to them to settle the outstanding entitlements, the council chairmen have remained adamant.
She said they fused to heed the union’s call to pay teachers entitlements, which she said included non implementation of 2019 and 2020 promotion in some LEAs.
According to her, the council chairmen also refused to offset teachers promotion arrears from 2014 to 2018, and did not implement the 2020 and 2021 annual increments and upgrade qualified teachers.
She also said the FCT administration has failed to pay 2016, 2017 and 2018 promotion arrears to the secondary school teachers in the FCT despite ultimatum issued to it.
“And having deliberated exhaustively, on the issues, at stake, the SWEC in session was saddened at the non commitment of the area council chairmen and the management of the FCT administration to the settlements of the FCT teachers outstanding entitlements and therefore resolved to embark on a five day warning strike with effect from Thursday, 18, November, 2021,” she said.
Jethro said failure of the FCT administration and the six area councils chairmen to settle the outstanding entitlements of FCT teachers within five days of the warning strike, the union would have no other option than to declare indefinite strike.
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