The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to start an indefinite strike in public main and secondary colleges in Bayelsa over the N30,000 minimum wage and promotion arrears.
The union took the choice at an government assembly on Oct. 12, after an earlier three-day warning strike failed to compel the Bayelsa Government to act.
The teachers had given a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government and native councils to handle the plight of teachers throughout the state or face industrial motion.
The grievances, in accordance to the NUT, embody the shortcoming of each state and native governments to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and impact the promotion of main faculty teachers within the state.
The union mentioned teachers suffered untold hardships due to the non-payment of promotion arrears to the teachers.
NUT expressed dissatisfaction with the federal government’s steady negligence of the plight of teachers who play essential roles within the state, regardless of partaking them at completely different fora in futility.
It mentioned the federal government’s perspective had introduced nothing however humiliation and frustration to main and secondary faculty teachers within the state.
It mentioned the 14-day ultimatum took impact from Oct. 13 after failure to handle the problems throughout the restrict of the ultimatum would drive teachers within the state to go on strike.
The eight native authorities branches of NUT in Bayelsa ratified the strike discover.
Signatories to the communique after the assembly included chairmen of LG branches of the union.
Meanwhile, Dr Gentle Emelah, Bayelsa Commissioner for Education, didn’t reply to phone calls and messages requesting the federal government’s clarification.
NAN experiences that colleges in Bayelsa had vacated on August 29 due to an anticipated flood and are slated to resume on November 13.
