The Nigerian Labour Congress has blamed state governments for the Federal Government’s reluctance in issuing the circular on the Teachers Salary Scale (TSS). The Akwa Ibom State Chairman of the NLC, Mr Unyime Usoro while commenting on his union's readiness to commence negotiations on the circular with Akwa Ibom Government, said "We are enthusiastic to see the circular out so that we would negotiate with the state government for our workers." But most state governments are responsible for the inability of the government to act decisively on the ...

The Federal Government has said that it could not implement the Teachers' Salary Scale (TSS), in spite of the intervention of the National Assembly. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) had on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike to press for the implementation of the TSS. The situation had prompted the House of Representatives to pass a resolution on Wednesday, calling for the immediate implementation of the ...

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) Monday embarked on an indefinite industrial action following failure by the federal government to issue approval circular on the new Teachers Salary Scale (TSS). In Lagos, pupils and students who went to school were seen going home as early as 8 O’clock as there were no teachers in sight to conduct the day’s teaching.  Teachers in the primary and secondary school had earlier embarked on a three-day warning strike two weeks ago, which opened way for negotiation between their executive and ...