The Nigeria Union of Teachers( NUT) Bayelsa Chapter, have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike across all public primary and secondary schools over the N30,000 minimum wage and promotion arrears.
Decrying the neglect of their welfare, the teachers said that it was regrettable that in spite of Bayelsa’s position amongst the top four states with highest earnings from the federation, they are not being considered.
As reported by Vanguard, the union took the decision at an executive meeting on October 12 after a prior three day warning strike failed to compel the Bayelsa government to act.
The 14 day ultimatum given to the state government and local government councils in Bayelsa was to address the plights of secondary and primary school teachers across the state or face industrial action. Which according to the NUT included; inability of both state and local governments to implement the N30,000 naira minimum wage and promotion of primary school teachers in the state.
The union emphasized that teachers are confronted with untold hardship as a result of the nonpayment of promotion arrears to both primary and secondary school teachers in the state.
NUT expressed dissatisfaction with government’s continuous negligence of the plights of teachers who play critical role in the state, despite engaging them at different fora as all proved abortive.
The union said the attitude of government has brought nothing but humiliation and frustration to primary and secondary school teachers in the state.
It said the 14-day ultimatum takes effect from, Oct. 13 as failure to address the issues within the limit of the ultimatum would force teachers in the state to go on strike.
The strike notice was ratified by the constituent eight Local Government Areas branches of NUT in Bayelsa.
Let it be known that Schools in Bayelsa state had vacated on August 29 due to expected flood and slated to resume on November 13.
|Vanguard
