Kaduna State teachers embark on indefinite strike job security

The strike was called by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the Vanguard reports.

Recall that the Kaduna State government had said it would sack teachers who failed a competency examination, which it had administered to primary school teachers working in the state.

However, the Kaduna State NUT explained it proceeded on strike after the state government began issuing sack letters to the affected teachers after the Christmas and New Year holidays.

The union had obtained an injunction from the National Industrial Court, Kaduna, restraining the state government from disengaging any teacher until the determination of the substantive suit on the matter.

The union is also asking the state government to stop the compulsory retirement of secondary school teachers; pay the 2015 leave transport grant of 3,338 primary school teachers, and that of all public school teachers for 2016 and 2017.

Other demands include the payment of salary arrears of more than 15,000 primary school teachers from June 2015 to July 2016 and full payment of salaries of teachers omitted after screening and those being underpaid.

The NUT also stressed that the state government has also failed to promote teachers and provide teaching and learning materials to schools among others.

For more on this report, visit the Vanguard newspaper.