Teachers in Lagos state public
primary and secondary schools have begun their statewide strike action today.
In a press briefing by the state
chairman of Nigerian Union of Teachers, Comrade Samson Kayode Idowu, the
teachers vowed to go ahead with the strike since the state government had
failed to hearken to their demands.
According to Idowu, after
engaging state government in several peace moves and it appears the state is
unwilling to shift ground, they are left with no choice but to proceed with the
strike.
The teachers are asking the state
government to implement the 27.5 percent Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) which
was agreement between the Governors' Forum and the National body of the NUT.
Idowu said the strike action is
the decision of the national executive council of NUT which insisted that every
state that fail to implement the 27.5 per cent TSS should not expect teachers
in schools as students resumed new academic session.
The NUT boss said Lagos State is
one of the states in the country that have failed to implement the TSS despite
its promise to do so in the last six years. He added that the government has
been paying all along is 9.2 percent.
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