Posted by By Gbenga Adeniji on
Despite yesterday's two-week suspension of the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) five weeks ago, some primary and secondary school teachers in Lagos State are yet to return to their duty posts.
Despite yesterday's two-week suspension of the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) five weeks ago, some primary and secondary school teachers in Lagos State are yet to return to their duty posts.
P.M.News findings this morning, revealed that a good number of the schools' heads are yet to get a directive to that effect.
Some of the teachers who have resumed duty told P.M.News that they heard in the media that the strike had been called off pending deliberations between the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) comprising the Federal Government (FG) and the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on how to trash out issues bordering on the Teachers' Salary Structure (TSS).
In some of the schools visited by P.M.News this morning, there was a very low turnout of teachers and students. The few teachers seen were discussing among themselves, while the students were also wandering about the premises. These are indications that academic activities may not commence today.
The schools include Vetland Senior Secondary School, Lagos Baptist Secondary School, Ideal Primary School, Okosanya Primary School, Methodist Primary School, Yewa Junior High School, Dairy Farm Senior Secondary Scool, Sango Senior Secondary School, Government Girls College, Fagba Junior High School and Iju Senior Secondary School among others, all in Ifako-Ijaiye, Agege and Alimosho Local Government areas of the state.
A female SS II student of Iju Senior Secondary School, who gave her name as Ronke, told P.M.News: 'My teachers told me that school has resumed. We are also told to clean the surrounding, but we have not been taught."
However, a principal who pleaded anonymity told P.M.News that they are trying to adjust to the new development after five weeks of ‘no work'.