The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday threatened to embark on a nationwide strike inSeptember to protest the House of Representatives’ support for local government autonomy. The local government autonomy is one of the most contentious issues in the ongoing constitution review by the National Assembly. The National President, NUT, Mr. Michael Olukoya, told journalists in Abuja that teachers had resolved to stay away from the classroom from the beginning of the next academic session. “The union cannot afford to close its eyes in the face of the approaching darkness that will soon envelope the country in theevent of the abolishment of state-local government joint accounts,” he said. He said that while the lawmakers supported local government autonomy and its attendant abolition of the joint account, no alternative platform was provided to guarantee regular payment of primary school teachers’ salaries. “Consequently, the union has resolved to stay off the school system as from the beginning of the next academ
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 21:47:16 +0000
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