urged teachers in 11 states to embark on
strike from June 1 (Saturday).
The teachers are protesting against the non-
payment of their 27.5 per cent enhanced salary scale and N18,000 minimum wages.
The states are Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Ogun,
Edo, Kogi, Niger, Borno, Benue, Zamfara and
Sokoto.
Rising from a meeting in Abuja, the leadership
of the union said the affected teachers would
embark on what it called "painful strike."
Addressing reporters in Abuja, the NUT
President, Mr. Michael Olukoya, vowed that the
strike would continue until the authorities met
the union's demands.
Describing the action of governors of the
affected states as "derelict, unpatriotic and self-
serving", Olukoya said they had denied their
teachers genuine allowances.
Olukoya lamented that while there was
implementation of minimum wages for other
categories of workers, the defaulting states
deliberately exempted teachers.
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