Nigeria: Teachers' Strike - Wike Withholds FCT Area Councils' IGR

Nigeria: Teachers' Strike - Wike Withholds FCT Area Councils' IGR

The leadership of the FCT wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) will meet today to deliberate on whether to call off their three-month-old strike. This is coming after the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, met with union representatives, the six area council chairmen, and other stakeholders to find a resolution to the primary school teachers' ongoing strike.

FCT Teachers’ Strike: Wike approves use of 10% council IGR to offset owed teachers' dues

The teachers had accused the council chairpersons of failing to implement the new national minimum wage and failing to implement previous agreements The post FCT Teachers’ Strike: Wike approves use of 10% council IGR to offset owed teachers’ dues appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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Why I've to withhold area councils IGR to end FCT primary school shutdown

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has explained that he withheld the internally generated revenue for May and June from area

FCT Primary Teachers Set To Suspend Strike After Wike’s Intervention

The three-month strike by primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may soon be called off following the intervention of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, who brokered a deal to release six months of area councils’ internally generated revenue (IGR) to settle part of the wage arrears. The breakthrough came after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday between the FCT Administration, area council chairmen, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT…

"N13bn Monthly Wage Bill For 50,000 Workers" — Wike Laments One Percent Federal Allocation To FCT - TheNigeriaLawyer

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described as unrealistic demands made by some teachers in the prolonged closure of public primary schools in the capital city. Speaking during his monthly media chat in yesterday, he explained that the FCT Administration under his leadership intervened but some of the teachers were unrealistic. in their demands. “We intervened in the strike but some of the teachers have not been r…