After 10 days, Kaduna NUT finally calls off strike
- The strike action embarked upon by Kaduna state wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) which began on January 8, has been called off by the union
- The state leadership of the union had an emergency meeting in Kaduna where they resolved to call off the strike
- The chairman of NUT in Kaduna state said the union is committed to supporting the state government in its quest to ensure qualitative education in the state
Kaduna wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has called off the indefinite strike action embarked upon.
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The chairman of the union in Kaduna state, Comrade Audu T. Amba, disclosed this on Thursday, January 18, shortly after an emergency meeting of the State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) which held at the Teachers End Well hotel in the state, Leadership reports.
Legit.ng had reported that the union embarked on strike to protest the sack of some school teachers by the state governor for failing the competency test conducted by the Kaduna state government.
According to the state chairman, the NUT is committed to supporting the state government in its quest towards ensuring qualitative education in the state.
In a press release jointly signed by him and the NUT assistant secretary general and state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Anglo Abdullahi, the teachers union said: “The state wing of the NUT, Kaduna state, met today 18th January, 2018 to review the situation in the light of the pronouncement of the Kaduna state government which was broadcast on the state media outfit the KSMC.
“The broadcast which is to the effect that the state government after a meeting with the interim chairman and education secretaries of the 23 local government s has decided to give the 21,780 teachers who did not pass the recent competency test another opportunity for consideration under the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) program of continuous recruitment that will give every willing teacher a chance to apply.
“The State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) of NUT Kaduna commends the above decision of the governor and sees in it an opportunity to resolve the impasse between the teachers in Kaduna state and the state government, the end results of which will be an improvement in service delivery in our public schools.
“In the light of the above, SWEC unanimously resolved to reciprocate the gesture of the Kaduna state government by calling off with immediate effect the indefinite strike action embarked upon by teachers in the public schools and secondary schools in Kaduna state."
The executive council extended a hand of fellowship to Kaduna state government, while also urging it to always engage the NUT in all matters relating to the implementation of service delivery in the education sector and teachers welfare.
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Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that the Kaduna state wing of the NUT directed its members to commence indefinite strike on Monday, January 8, over the sack of 21,780 public primary school teachers in the state.
The teachers were sacked for allegedly failing to score 75 per cent pass mark of the competency test organised by the state government in June 2017.
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Source: Legit.ng
