The Federal Capital Territory chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) may soon call off the strike embarked upon by primary school teachers following the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
The minister’s Chief of Staff, Chidi Amadi, made this known after a closed-door meeting with the area council chairmen, leadership of the NUT, and representatives of the FCT Administration in Abuja on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
Other participants at the meeting, he said, included representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Assembly.
Amadi disclosed that the meeting was convened by Wike, in addition to previous interventions, to find a lasting solution to the prolonged teachers’ strike.
Amadi said after extensive deliberation, a decision was reached to put the issues to rest.
He announced that part of the resolution was to withhold the 10 per cent accrued Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the area councils for the past six months.
He explained that the funds would be used to settle 70 per cent of the minimum wage owed the teachers.
“Although it will not cover 100 per cent of the debt for now, it will cover about 70 per cent. This is a laudable move towards addressing the fracas once and for all,” Amadi disclosed.
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The chief of staff added that Wike had also directed that a special committee be constituted, composed of three members of the NUT, two members from the FCTA, one of the area council chairmen, and representative of NANS.
He added that the committee would revisit all the other outstanding issues and within the next two weeks, submit a report detailing how the other outstanding issues would be permanently addressed.
Amodi said: “In addition to addressing the issues of the primary school teachers, Wike had taken a decision to address all outstanding issues of the local government employees.
“The minister pledged to personally intervene to ensure that their demands are addressed by the FCTA.
“This is to ensure that the area councils resume full operations effectively immediately.
The teachers had embarked on the strike in March over non-implementation of minimum wage.
Other issues included non-implementation and payment of 25 per cent and 35 per cent salary increase, and non-implementation and payment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance.
The teachers were also demanding the payment of the N35,000 wage award and the implementation of the template on outstanding entitlements of teachers as agreed in 2022.
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