FCT Teachers Suspends Strike Action

 

 

 

The Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers,NUT, FCT Chapter, Stephen Knabayi, has confirmed the suspension of the strike action planned by the Teachers for not complance to the aggreement between the Goverment and the Teachers.

The strike was suspended from Oct. 2 to Nov. 13 to implement commitments by the chairmen of the six area councils and the FCT minister.

According to him,other concerns of the teachers included, non-payment of 25 months arrears of the 2019 approved national minimum wage, non-release of some promotion letters to beneficiaries and non-implementation of released promotion letters.

Other issues were the non-payment of promotion arrears, non-upgrading of concerned teachers, non-implementation of salaries for upgraded teachers and non-implementation of annual salary increments in some councils.

They also alleged non-compliance with the agreement on payments of the backlog of teacher’s entitlement, amongst others.

Knabayi explained that the strike was suspended after an agreement was reached between the striking teachers and the Chairmen of the six Area Councils following the intervention of the minister of FCT Mr. Yesom Wike.