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Kwara Primary School Teachers Begin Strike On Monday by Sammyashol(m): 12:04am On Jan 04, 2016
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kwara says
primary school teachers in the state will embark on strike
on Monday to protest the non-payment of their four
months’ salary arrears.
The Chairman of the union, Comrade Musa Abubakar,
made this known in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaiama, Kaiama Local
Government Area of Kwara .
NAN reports that the strike action will begin just when
schools are expected to resume from their first term
holiday.
Abubakar said that the union could no longer guarantee
industrial harmony in the state following the non-payment
of their four months’ salary arrears.
He said that the primary school teachers in the state had
been loyal and dedicated to duty in spite of the failure of
the government to pay them salaries for months.
''I want to believe they have tried. If the members of the
National Assembly are not paid for four months, I doubt if
you will see anybody in the red or green chambers.
''I recall in Oyo state; they were not paid for just two
months and some House of Assembly members did not
going to work.
''So for us to have worked for four months without pay, I
think the teachers have tried and that is why we told the
government that we cannot guarantee any industrial
harmony again.
`''We cannot guarantee any teacher going to class on
Monday to teach with an empty stomach except the
problem is addressed,’’ he said.
He explained that the union would start a sit-at-home
strike action beginning on Monday to press home its
demand.
According to him, workers from other sectors will soon
join in the strike action in the spirit of solidarity.
The NUT leader criticised the state government for
creating a dichotomy between primary schools teachers
and their counterparts in the secondary schools.
He claimed that a Supreme Court judgment in 2002 had
made state governments responsible for the management
and funding of primary schools in the country.
''It is just unfortunate that a situation like this revolves
around primary school teachers in the country.
''I want to say without mincing words that if that trend
should continue, the primary school system will soon
collapse,’’ the union leader stated.
Abubakar, therefore, urged the state government to live up
to its responsibilities by doing the right thing.
''Education is the key and the bedrock of our development
particularly at the grassroots.
''If this trend is not checked, honestly, this country will run
into a problem.
''So I would, therefore, urge the federal, state, and local
governments to ensure that the ugly trend is checked,” he
said.
He said that once that was done, the proliferation of private
primary schools due to the public’s loss of confidence in
public schools would be checked. (NAN).... www.ilorin.info/fullnews.php?id=16175

Re: Kwara Primary School Teachers Begin Strike On Monday by Ch1z0(m): 12:07am On Jan 04, 2016
Strike!
Re: Kwara Primary School Teachers Begin Strike On Monday by Sammyashol(m): 12:10am On Jan 04, 2016
Ch1z0:
Strike!
I wonder oooo... Change dole

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