By Ukpono Ukpong After months of silence in once-lively classrooms, hope is finally returning to thousands of primary school pupils in the Federal Capital Territory, as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) is now considering suspending its prolonged strike. The union is considering suspending its three months of academic blackout following a bold and unexpected […]
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended President Bola Tinubu for the bold step taken to ensure Local Government financial autonomy. The union, however, said that funding of basic education, including teachers’ salary should be handled by state governments, financial autonomy of the councils, notwithstanding. The National President, NUT, Comrade Audu Amba, stated the […]
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Abia has announced the suspension of its six-week-old strike embarked upon to demand the payment of arrears of teachers’ salaries. The suspension was contained in a statement jointly issued in Umuahia on Tuesday by Mr Kizito Kalu and Mrs Nnenna Okonkwo, the State Chairman and Secretary. The union […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT has called on the Federal government to as a matter of urgency declare a state of emergency on the security situation in the country. This is just at the NUT called on government to deploy the full weight of our nations security apparatus to ensure the […]
The Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has advised parents and guardians to forget about taking their children and wards to school today, insisting that its indefinite strike continues. This follows the ranging conflict between the union and the state government over the indefinite strike declared aggrieved teachers body. It would […]
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The National President, Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT) Dr. Nasir Idris, has commended president Muhammadu Buhari over the timely rescue and release of the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State. Daily Times recalls that the children were kidnapped after a group of armed bandits attacked the secondary […]
Ogun chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has appealed to the state administration to reabsorb the N-power volunteer teachers disengaged by the Federal Government. Chairman of NUT in the state, Mr. Titilayo Adebanjo, made the appeal in an interview with newsmen in Abeokuta. Adebanjo said that the disengaged teachers should be considered in […]
The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has nominated Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, as the best performing governor in Nigeria. The letter nominating the governor as the best performing governor and the recipient of the award for 2019 was signed by the Secretary General of the union, Mike Ike Ene and […]
The Edo State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Primary School Heads of Nigeria (AOPSHON) are demanding a review of the education curriculum in Edo. The two bodies made the demand in a communiqué jointly signed by the state’s Chairman of the NUT, Mr Pius Okhuelegbe and his counterpart […]
Iniobong Iwok The Nigerian Union of Teachers, (NUT) has said that it wants primary Schools teachers’ Salaries to be under the State government control in the country, rather than it being handed over to the local government administration. Chairman of the NUT, in Alimosho local government area in lagos State and a member of the […]
The Lagos State wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, on Wednesday, urged the incoming government in the state to address problems of recruitment in the education sector. The NUT chairman, Mr Segun Raheem, told the News Agency of Nigeria, in Lagos, that there was a need to ensure that principals were properly appointed […]
In a development showing the deepening crisis in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), chapters of the body in Kwara, Edo and Osun states on Thursday held parallel congresses which produced parallel executives. In Kwara state, the two congresses were supervised by their respective national leaders. At the state Banquet Hall, opposite the Government House, Ilorin, the […]
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Abia State, at the weekend, expressed their happiness with Governor Theodore Orji over his implementation of the agreement with them, concerning the enhanced Teachers’ Salary Scale, TSS. In his address, read by the union secretary, Comrade Blackman Ubani, the state Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Akparanta Chizobem, thanked […]