What's really happening to our education system, can't someone go to school in peace again. Strike everywhere and our government are not even helping matters.

Is this our we will continue...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2022/06/14/college-of-education-academic-staff-begins-one-month-strike/%3famp=1

Strike everyday in Nigeria, it seems that's the only language our government understands

I attended the meeting today.

It was held in all colleges of education in Nigeria by 10AM.

Of all that was said, below is the summary:

The strike is going to last for 4 weeks in the first instance.

Colleges of education have been neglected by the government.

Tax of staff salaries is on the gross salary and not on the basic salary, that is why staff salaries are below what they supposed to get.

There is poor funding of colleges of education with notable decay of infrastructure and poor students incentives. So many offices of lecturers are dilapidated with spoilt fans, bulbs, chairs and tables. It is even worse if the lecturer stores scripts and books in the office. It will look so unkempt.

Heads of departments and other office holders are not paid anything for their jobs. If you are given any post like head of department, exams officer, etc, it doesn't come with any payment. You are not being paid for any post given to you.


Heads of departments, exams officers and others use their monies to run their day to day job even as there's nothing like monetary entitlements to their offices. For example, if they need to print and past notices, they use their personal money.


They said the decision to embark on the strike is because they don't want to be left out of any good results that ASUU and ASUP would get from their own strikes because the new labour rules of engagement is that you can't enjoy anything others enjoy if you don't stand with them during the agitation.


ASUU and ASUP want better package for staff, better funding for higher institutions, use of UTAS instead of IPPIS which will ensure all monies and monetary entitlements of staff are captured as against IPPIS which only captures salaries. IPPIS does not capture any other money like those on sabbatical, visiting lecturing, and different arrears.


COEASU are also demanding for all these things.

If COEASU does not join them in this agitation now, by the time the government harkens to ASUU and ASUP, COEASU would be left out, according to the new labour rules.