NUT kicks against petrol subsidy removal
The decision was reached at the union’s 2023 Solemn Assembly.
Also, group also called for scrutiny of the implementation of the subsidy regime “with the aim of ridding the system of corruption.”
NUT President Titus Amba who addressed newsmen after the meeting, said the consequences of high price of petroleum products had triggered inflation to the disadvantage of all wage earners in the country.
Amba said;
“We’ve increasingly engaged our state government on the issues of N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustments, and have filed trade disputes with the registrar of trade unions against some non-cooperative states governments.”
The NUT President who also alleged that Kaduna State only implemented the N30,000 minimum wage for secondary school teachers leaving out primary school teachers, added that the numerous security challenges, with different attacks on schools and communities, had led to the death of teachers and students as well as the destruction of schools.
Nigeria Union of Teachers is a major trade union in Nigeria. It was formed to create a united front for practitioners of the teaching profession in the country.
However, Major objectives of the union covers the improvement in economic conditions of teachers, an avenue for bringing forth ideas about the educational development of the country from the perspectives of teachers and general economic security for teachers in the country.