Primary and secondary school teachers in Akwa Ibom State have commenced an indefinite strike to press for better welfare of the teachers.

A statement on Wednesday by the Senior State Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Victor Amirize, explained that the strike became necessary following the failure of the state government to meet its demands.

“The NUT hereby orders all public primary and secondary schools to proceed on an indefinite strike action,” the statement read.

A crucial part of the demands being pressed by the union was that the Akwa Ibom State Government Teachers’ Amnesty Programme should be reopened to cover the teachers that were left out during the last amnesty programme.

“The teachers are also demanding the appointment of teachers as Permanent Secretaries, as well as promotion results of teachers who attended the exercise as of 2020, should be released without recourse to a pass in the Administrative Professional Officers Compulsory Examination, because this was not demanded at the point of the interview,” the statement added.

Other demands include: “Refund of 7% contributory pension to primary school teachers; payment of gratuity/harmonisation of pension to retired teachers; payment of 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 annual leave grant to primary school teachers”.

They are also demanding the payment promotion arrears of six years, from 2011 – 2016, for primary schools teachers; and the release of 2017 and 2018 promotion exercise conducted by SUBEB, as well as the immediate commencement of 2019, 2020, 2021 promotion exercise.

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