NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

BENUE TEACHERS THREATEN INDEFINITE INDUSTRIAL ACTION, GIVES 21 DAY ULTIMATUM TO BNSG.(PHOTO).




BENUE TEACHERS THREATEN INDEFINITE INDUSTRIAL ACTION, GIVES 21 DAY ULTIMATUM TO BNSG



Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Benue State Wing has given a twenty one day ultimatum to the Benue State Government to address pending issues from previous screening or face an indefinite industrial action.

In a communique issued at the end of the State Working Executive Committee meeting and signed by the Chairman, Mr Levi Akuma and Acting State Secretary, Jeremiah Adadu averred that the union will henceforth not participate in screening activities until pending issues were addressed.

” The union will not participate in the recently proposed screening until pending issues from previous screening are fully addressed.”

They identified some of the unresolved issues to include, outstanding salary arrears of ten months since 2017, omission of Teachers on the pay role from December, 2021 to June,2022.

Others are; “non implementation of promotions to a large number of Teachers while some are denied full Implementation as well as denial of normalization after upgrade of academic qualification”.

The union however lauded Governor Samuel Ortom for providing an enabling environment for Teachers to operate with relative peace.

The ultimatum is coming on the heels of a planned protest by Concerned Pensioners in Benue State over unpaid backlog of pension arrears and gratuity owed them by the Benue State Government.

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