The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) will on June 1 begin a total strike action in 11 states over non-payment of 27.5 percent teachers’ peculiar allowance.

The affected states, according to the NUT National President, Comrade Michael Olukoya are Benue, Cross River, Bornu, Ekiti, Ogun, Ebonyi, Edo, Kogi, Niger, Zamfara and Sokoto.

Olukoya, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja said this is the decision of the National Executive Council (NEC) of NUT against what he described as the continuing default by “these derelict, unpatriotic and self-serving political leadership in these states to pay the long over-due 27.5% Teachers Peculiar Allowance.”

The strike action, according to him, is to also demand for the payment of the N18, 000 minimum wage by some states.

The proposed strike, The NUT president vowed will not abate until the union witnessed the payment of the long outstanding package for the teachers, adding that security operatives should ensure that the teachers are not harassed during the strike action.

His words: “Teachers in the 11 states of Nigeria will commence a total work boycott with effect from June 1, 2013. You will recall that on August 6, 2008, and following a protracted strike by teachers of Nigeria to press home our demands for the recognition and granting of Professional Salary Structure to teachers-popularly called Teachers Salary Structure (TSS). And after all processes had successfully passed through the Joint Consultative Council Reference Committee and the plenary body and with successive passage of the resolution by the National Council on Education, the Federal Government developed cold feet in the implementation, even after the matter had successfully passed for mention at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

“On that day, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) under the leadership of their Excellencies Dr. Bukola Saraki and Arc. Namadi Sambo then, of Kwara and Kaduna States respectively, as Chairman and Secretary of the NGF, did not only enter the affray but successfully negotiated with the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and granted 27.5 per cent Teachers Peculiar Allowance and made it payable with effect from January 2009.”

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Strike again,wht is the way forward i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ dis country na?