The state wing executive council (SWEC) of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has suspended the ongoing strike by primary and secondary school teachers with immediate effect.
Speaking at a news conference on Sunday in Gwagwalada,
Abdullahi Shafa, the SWEC chairman, said the decision followed an emergency
meeting convened to review the intervention of Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister,
in the dispute declared on April 20.
He said the minister approved a N5 billion monthly
commitment to address teachers’ outstanding needs.
“The minister approved the release of N2 billion monthly
from FCT internally generated revenue (IGR), plus N3 billion from the 10
percent IGR accruing to the area councils, to implement the 40 percent peculiar
allowance and settle outstanding entitlements of primary school teachers,” NAN
quoted him as saying.
Last week, teachers across primary and secondary schools in
the FCT stayed away from classrooms to begin an indefinite strike over unmet
demands.
On promotion matters, Shafa said the minister had pledged to
engage the chairman of the FCT civil service commission to remove the vacancy
precondition for teacher promotions and review the 2024 promotion exercise.
He said that following stakeholders resolution, the council
had directed all FCT primary and secondary school teachers to resume duties on
Monday, April 27.
Shafa added that no teacher should be victimised for
participating in the strike, noting that the council would review its position
if the FCT administration failed to honour the agreement.
He commended teachers for their solidarity and reaffirmed
SWEC’s commitment to improved working conditions in the FCT.
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