US EditionNigeria: Wike to Meet Area Council Chairmen, Nut, Nans Over Teachers' Strike
- The Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike will meet on Thursday with FCT area councils, Nigeria Union of Teachers, and National Association of Nigerian Students to finalize reopening public primary schools.
- The meeting comes in response to a teachers’ strike that started on March 24, 2025, triggered by the area councils’ failure to enforce the newly established minimum salary of seventy thousand naira for primary school educators.
- Wike has proposed a bailout where FCTA would pay 60% of outstanding salary arrears and area councils cover 40%, but the arrangement stalled as councils failed to pay their share, prompting Wike to withhold their May and June internally generated revenue.
- The association suspended its planned mass protest at the FCTA Secretariat after positive engagements, with NANS affirming commitment to defending student rights and ensuring no child loses access to education from government lapses.
- The resolution and planned meetings suggest potential progress toward ending the over 90-day strike that has paralyzed primary education and triggered public demonstrations across Abuja.
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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has stepped into the prolonged teachers’ strike that has paralysed primary education across Abuja for over 90 days, proposing a financial bailout and engaging stakeholders to resolve the impasse. The industrial action, which began on 24 March 2025, stems from the failure of the area council chairmen to implement the new ₦70,000 minimum wage for primary school teachers. The situation has left t…
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