By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The Federal Capital Territory Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has suspended its 3 weeks old strike following the intervention of Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister.
After an emergency meeting of the State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) on Monday, The FCT NUT announced the suspension of the strike in a communique signed by Abdullahi Shafa, its Chairman, Margaret Jetro, Secretary, and Ibukun Adekeye, Publicity Secretary which stated that,“Following his renewed commitment to look into other demands of the teachers one after the other, the SWEC has resolved to suspend the ongoing strike by primary school teachers across the FCT with immediate effect.
“The SWEC in session, hereby, appealed to all primary school teachers in FCT to, with effect from Tuesday, October 8, 2024, return to the classrooms and continue with their legitimate duties.
“The union will continue to intensify more effort in ensuring the settlement of all the outstanding entitlements and the improvement of teachers’ welfare.”