Kaduna State government said on
Tuesday that it would invoke the no-work, no-pay policy against the striking
teachers.
It also directed the Local
Government Education Administrators across the 23 LGAs in the state, to open
attendance register for those teachers willing to work in the state.
A permanent member of the State
Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Othman Shehu, said these at a press
conference in Kaduna.
Shehu also alleged that the
leadership of the NUT in the state were harassing and intimidating teachers who
were willing to teach pupils in the state schools.
“Teachers are willing to resume
and work but the members of the NUT had gone round to disrupt activities in
some schools and we shall not tolerate this”, he said.
He warned the union leaders
against the harassment of the teachers, noting that those who were willing to
teach should be allowed to do so without let or hindrance.
The official added that SUBEB
has directed its local education administrators to open register to those
teachers who are willing to teach and that action will be taken against those
who failed to return to the classroom.
“We have cases in some local
governments that teachers are being forced to close down especially in the
rural areas.
”Government is not opposed to
engagement but the position of government is clear. It will not compromise the
future of the over two million schoolchildren in the state.
“We will not tolerate the
politicisation of education in the state and will not tolerate any union to
derail the ongoing education reforms in the state. Whatever the state is doing
is within the confine of the civil service rule,” Shehu said.
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