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Bayelsa Govt Assures NLC, Teachers Of Better Deal

Translate Minimum Wage: NUT issues Bayelsa govt 14 days ultimatum over arrears On We’re working to meet their demands — Govt By Emem Idio – Yenagoa Barring any last-minute intervention by the Bayelsa State Government and Local Governments Councils in the State, primary school teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has resolved that they would be left with no other option than to embark on industrial action after the expiration of the 14 days ultimatum to the governments to resolve lingering issues with the Union. The fourteen days ultimatum which was iss...

The union has been in series of meeting with state and local government representatives last year over protracted issues of non-payment and implementation of N30,000 minimum wage, promotions and salary arrears owed primary school teachers. In a communique, they said the government had disregarded the series of negotiations and resolutions reached to address the demands before December 2020. The ultimatum takes effect on Tuesday, NUT Bayelsa said in a communique signed by its chairman Kalaama Tonpre and secretary Johnson Hector. “Should the problems mentioned above remain unresolved till the...