'Underpaid' teachers warn govt
2008-06-18 14:02
Lagos - Nigerian teachers have threatened to launch an indefinite strike next week unless the government honours a promise to raise their pay, says a union leader.
"We will begin a full scale strike from June 25 if the new salary structure is not paid before then," union leader Ade Ademeso said.
He said the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) took the decision following government's repeated failure to honour a pay agreement.
The teachers went on a three-day strike last week, shutting down primary and secondary schools, but suspended the action after the government pledged to pay.
Teachers were among the worst paid professions in the oil rich country and the unions were demanding that the government start paying the new package immediately.
- AFP