FCT teachers suspend strike
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has suspended the ongoing strike by primary and secondary school teachers with immediate effect. The SWEC Chairman, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, disclosed this at a news conference in Gwagwalada, on Sunday. Shafa said the decision followed an emergency meeting convened to review the intervention of the […]
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has suspended the ongoing strike by primary and secondary school teachers with immediate effect.
The SWEC Chairman, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, disclosed this at a news conference in Gwagwalada, on Sunday.
Shafa said the decision followed an emergency meeting convened to review the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in the dispute declared on April 20, 2026.
According to him, the minister approved a N5 billion monthly commitment to address teachers’ outstanding needs.
“The minister approved the release of N2 billion monthly from FCT Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), plus N3 billion from the 10 per cent IGR accruing to the Area Councils, to implement the 40 per cent peculiar allowance and settle outstanding entitlements of primary school teachers,” he said.
On promotion matters, Shafa said the minister had pledged to engage the Chairman of the FCT Civil Service Commission to remove the vacancy precondition for teacher promotions and review the 2024 promotion exercise.
He said that following stakeholders resolution, the council had directed all FCT primary and secondary school teachers to resume duties on Monday, April 27.
Shafa added that no teacher should be victimised for participating in the strike, noting that the council would review its position if the FCT administration failed to honour the agreement.
He commended teachers for their solidarity and reaffirmed SWEC’s commitment to improved working conditions in the FCT.
The union, while commending the teachers for their solidarity, reiffirmed its commitment to improved their working conditions in the FCT.
Recall that primary and secondary schools teachers across the six area councils of the FCT had on April, 20, 2026 embarked on an indefinite strike over their unmet outstanding demands and other entitlements following directives from the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Comrade Mohammed Abdullahi Shafas.
The FCT Minister Nyesom Wike had on Thursday, met with the leadership of the union where he assured to meetup with the demands of the FCT primary and secondary school teachers.
The union, had while addressing the journalists after the closed doors with Wike said the executives of the union will go back to the larger house to inform it before taking final position on the matter.
The union, while commending the teachers for their solidarity, reiffirmed its commitment to improved their working conditions in the FCT.
Recall that primary and secondary schools teachers across the six area councils of the FCT had on April, 20, 2026 embarked on an indefinite strike over unmet outstanding demands and other entitlements.
But on Thursday, Wike met with the leadership of the union and assured them that he would meet up with their demands.
The union, had while addressing the journalists after the closed doors with Wike, said the executives would go back to the larger house to inform it before taking final position on the matter.