Omeoga told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview on Saturday in Umuahia, the state capital, that the union resumed the strike because the government reneged on the agreement it entered with the union
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The union had after its National Executive Council meeting in Abuja on September 26 threatened to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities in a solidarity strike
Identifying with the determination of Akpabio to reposition education in Akwa Ibom State, the union urged its members who have been appointed as Permanent Secretaries to justify their appointments by putting in their best in their new positions
Olukoya was reacting to a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation that categorised Nigeria as being fourth in the number of young pupils out of school since 1999
The states are: Benue, Cross River, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Ekiti, Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Edo, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, Taraba, Borno, Kogi, Niger and Sokoto
In its reaction to the development, the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in a statement signed by its Kwara State Chairman, Alhaji Farouq Akanbi, and Assistant General Secretary, Chief Wale Oyeniyi, Ahmed’s gesture was described as a humane posture as it will boost the morale of the teachers
Folarin, who charged the Federal Government and other stakeholders to urgently address the challenges facing the nation’s education sector, expressed the readiness of secondary school teachers to collaborate with the government in achieving the aim