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Edo primary school teachers issue 14-day strike notice

Edo primary school teachers issue 14-day strike notice Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has issued a 14-day strike notice to the state government over alleged failure to meet its financial obligation and other entitlements. The union had on December 8, 2020, gave the state government 21-day to fulfil its promises or its members would embark on an indefinite industrial action. The communiqué for the 14-day strike notice, dated December 29, 2020, signed  by the state chairman, Pius Okhueleigbe and Assistant General Secretary, Moni Modesty,  and four others, was made available to newsmen in Benin on Wednesday. In the communiqué, the union noted that the 14-day ultimatum which takes effect from Tuesday, 29 December 2020, was to enable the Edo State government meet its demands.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been a thorn in the flesh of successive Nigerian governments due to its radical stance and collective struggle against the poor funding of Nigeria’s university education system. The union is also a cat with nine lives for always surmounting turbulent periods. The other prominent academic unions such as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) have been emasculated through sponsored internal wrangling and sellout leadership. These unions have lost their bearing towards advocating adequate financing of public education. ASUU remains a last standing pillar to Nigeria’s public education.

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