Court restrains Edo NUT from embarking on strike Action
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BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE
NATIONAL Industrial Court sitting at the Benin, has restrained the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) from proceeding on any strike action in Edo State Primary schools.
Justice A. A. Adewemimo, gave the order yesterday in Benin after listening to submissions put forward by the Edo State Solicitor-General, Oluwole Iyamu (SAN).
The Edo State Government and the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) are the applicants in the case with Suit No. NICN/BEN/04/2021.
The defendants in the suit are Chairman, NUT, Edo State, Pius O. Okhuleliegbe; Assistant Secretary General, NUT, Edo State, Moni Mike Modesty Itua, for themselves and on behalf of the members of the Edo State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).
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Edo govt’s ‘no-work-no-pay’ policy empty threat – NUT
Alexander Okere
Teachers under the Edo State branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers on Friday said they would not call off their ongoing strike following a ‘no work, no pay’ policy announced by the state government ahead of the resumption of schools on February 1.
The teachers said they would not succumb to what they described an “empty threat,” as they vowed to continue with the strike until their demands were met.
The NUT had directed treachers in the state to begin an indefinite strike on January 18, following the expiration of a 21-day and 14-day ultimatums earlier issued to the state government.
NUT: Edo government’s ‘no-work-no-pay’ policy empty threat
Nigeria Union of Teachers
Teachers under the Edo State branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers on Friday said they would not call off their ongoing strike following a ‘no work, no pay’ policy announced by the state government ahead of the resumption of schools on February 1.
The teachers said they would not succumb to what they described an “empty threat,” as they vowed to continue with the strike until their demands were met.
The NUT had directed treachers in the state to begin an indefinite strike on January 18, following the expiration of a 21-day and 14-day ultimatums earlier issued to the state government.
Obaseki opens schools, warns teachers over strike
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By Ozioruva Aliu
EDO state government and primary school teachers may heading for a clash as the state government has announced that schools would resume on Monday but threatened to implement no work no pay against primary school teachers who are threatening to embark on strike.
It would be recalled that the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) had directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike over unsettled issues.
But a statement yesterday by the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie Esq said schools would resume in the state on Monday and insisted that all public-school teachers and head teachers are required to be present in their various schools as failure to resume work would be considered forfeiture of salary, adding that the “government has activated the No Work, No Pay policy.”