NUT declares strike against LG autonomy

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday resolved to go on strike
to pressurise the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to
stop the planned autonomy for Local Governments in the country.
The strike is scheduled for the beginning of the next academic session.
The union has also launched a group life insurance cover for its
members.
Besides,the union said it would not allow the abolition of states and
local government joint account,saying there must be a stable
alternative platform for funding primary education in the country to
guarantee regular payment of Primary School teachers salaries .
The union president, Comrade Michael Olukoya,said in Abuja that the
planned strike is “a temporary measure to secure the education of the
less privileged constituting the masses of the population of this
country.”
The position of the NUT is at variance with that of the mother union -
the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)- but Olukoya that teachers have to
defend their source of income.
He said that leaving primary education under the purview of local
governments will not be in the best interest of education .
Meanwhile, the NUT yesterday signed a deed of agreement with the
Capital Express Assurance Limited for group life insurance cover for
teachers.
It said the move was a proactive step “towards ameliorating the
suffering of teachers who might die in the service of the fatherland.”