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The FCT helping of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has announced the suspension of its implicit three-month-old onslaught by superior schoolhouse teachers, with a directive for members to instrumentality to classrooms starting Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
The determination follows the involution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who convened a stakeholders’ gathering connected Thursday, July 3rd, to code the lingering impasse.
This was contained successful a communique dated July 4th, 2025, made disposable to our analogous connected Tuesday.
Recall that Primary schoolhouse teachers successful the FCT had embarked connected concern enactment connected March 24, 2025, implicit the non-payment of arrears and nonaccomplishment to instrumentality the caller nationalist minimum wage.
The Minister had, however, past Thursday, resolved to usage 10 per cent of internally generated gross for the Area Councils to offset the salaries of the superior schoolhouse teachers. https://punchng.com/fct-councils-forfeit-six-month-igr-to-end-teachers-strike/
According to the Communique signed by the NUT Chairman, Abdullahi Shafas, State Secretary, Margaret Jethro, and Publicity Secretary, Ibukun Adekeye, the Union said the latest connection from the FCT Minister provided a workable pathway to temporarily halt the action.
The SWEC, aft reviewing the Minister’s offer, noted the “positive disposition of the Honourable Minister for taking implicit the outgo of the Primary School Teachers emoluments by the FCTA”, and resolved to suspend the onslaught upon the merchandise and disbursement of the N16 billion.
“Having deliberated exhaustively connected the aforementioned offers, including the affirmative disposition of the Honourable Minister for taking implicit the outgo of the Primary School Teachers emoluments by the FCTA, the SWEC-In-Session resolved to suspend the Strike enactment connected the merchandise of the N16 cardinal and its outgo to the Teachers accounts.
“Consequent upon the implementation of the New Minimum Wage and outgo of 5 months Arrears into the Teachers accounts today, 8th July 2025; the SWEC, hereby suspends the ongoing Strike enactment and
appeals to each Primary School Teachers successful FCT to, with effect from Wednesday, 9th July 2025 instrumentality to the classrooms and proceed with the Union intensifies much efforts to
their morganatic duties portion guarantee the colony of the remaining entitlements.,”the communique read.
The national besides extended its appreciation to stakeholders and supporters who stood by them during the concern action.
“The SWEC – In Session wishes to usage this mean to admit each members particularly the Primary School Teachers for their unwavering support, solidarity, practice and prayers portion the onslaught lasted.
“Our peculiar acknowledgment spell to the FCT Royal fathers, Civil Society Organizations, and different well-meaning individuals who, successful 1 mode oregon the different intervened and stood by america during the strike.
“We arsenic privation to convey the National Head Office of our Union-NUT, the National and the FCT Council of the NLC for the enactment and guidance,” the communique added.
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