Strike: FCT Council Chairman Begs Teachers to Resume Work

Strike: FCT council chairman begs teachers to resume work

The chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Kasim Mohammed Ikwa, has appealed to primary and secondary school teachers to resume classes while negotiations between labour unions and the FCT Administration over their demands continue. Ikwa made the appeal yesterday when he met with executives of the Gwagwalada branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in his office. He urged the union leadership to allow sch…

NLC, NUT indefinite strike politically motivated blackmail – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described the strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, as politically motivated blackmail aimed at paralysing the government. Speaking during a media chat in Abuja on Tuesday, Wike claimed that the ongoing labour dispute, which has […] NLC, NUT indefinite strike politically motivated blackmail – Wike

FEATURE: FCT Strike Disrupts School Calendar As Pupils Face Uncertainties

“Another strike?” Mrs Chidimma Ezieche, a foodstuff seller at Kubwa Market, asked her daughter who had joined her at her stall still in her school uniform. “What is it this time?” she asked, visibly desperate. Ezieche lamented that her daughter seems to have been at home more than in school these few months due to […] FEATURE: FCT Strike Disrupts School Calendar As Pupils Face Uncertainties is first published on The Whistler Newspaper

FCT Minister Accuses NLC of Politicising FCT Teachers’ Strike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of politicising the ongoing strike by teachers in the territory, alleging that the action is aimed at undermining the FCT Administration. Wike made the allegation while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, arguing that political interests, rather […]

FCT indefinite strike: Wike accuses ADC of using NLC, NUT 'to paralyse government'

Negotiation has to end because it is the children that will suffer at the end of the day, but don’t worry, we will solve it. I will clip the