Teachers across the country appeared to have
kicked against the proposed local government
autonomy being plan by members of the
National Assembly.
The teachers, under the aegis of the Union of
Teachers (NUT), have resolved to embark on
two days nationwide warning strike next week to
register their disaffection and displeasure over
the planned autonomy of local government
areas.
National President of the union, Comrade
Michael Olukoya, made this known at Ile-Ife
during the 5th quadrennial Sixth Delegates
Conference of the Osun State Council of the
union.
Olukoya noted that granting full autonomy to
local government areas would affect effective
running of primary education in the country.
He decried the agony experienced by teachers
when primary education was being handled by
local government, adding that the union would
not fold its arm and see its members been
subjected to untold hardship.
He maintained that the national executive
council of the union had resolved to declare a
two days warning strike to press home their
position on the proposed local government
autonomy.
Olukoya called on members of the union across
the country to prevail on their state Houses of
Assembly to reconsider the position and
canvass for rejection of the proposed autonomy.
On his part, the Second National Vice-President
and the outgoing Chairman of the union in
Osun, Comrade Saka Adesiyan, hinted that the
union would continue to champion the course of
its members with a view to improving their socio
economic status.
Adesiyan who called on warring members of the
union in Osun State to come back into the fold
of the union, urged them not to allow politicians
to divide the union for their (politicians) selfish
interest.
Highlight of the conference with the theme,
‘Education Reforms Agenda: Issues and
Challenges’, was the election of the new
executive members that would run the affairs of
the union in the state for the next four years.
Speaking in his acceptance speech, the newly
elected Chairman, NUT, Osun State, Comrade
Wakeel Amuda, promised to consolidate on the
achievements of his predecessor and ensure
unity in the union to make it a formidable body.

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State governors at work.