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Nigeria: NUT Strike - Teachers Stage Mass Protest in Kano
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Daily Trust (Abuja)
25 July 2008
Posted to the web 25 July 2008
Yusha'u A. Ibrahim
Kano
Thousands of primary schools teachers yesterday staged a mass protest rally in Kano over the non-implementation of Teachers Salary Scale by the Federal Government, vowing not to call off the strike until the new salary structure is implemented.
The protesters, who kicked off the protest from Marhaba Cinema at Farm centre in Kano, marched to the Government House where they presented their letter of complaint to the state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, for onward presentation to President Umaru Musa Yar'adua.
Led by the national president of the teachers union, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Isacc Acheeme, the teachers also marched to the state House of Assembly where they also presented a copy of the same letter to the speaker, Alhaji Abdulaziz Garba Gafassa.
Earlier before the commencement of the rally, the mammoth crowd performed rigorous prayers against what they called enemies of progress.
Speaking while presenting the letter to the state governor, the deputy national president of the union, Mr Isacc Amcheeme, said teachers across the country would continue with the strike until their prayers are answered.
"We will continue to give Yar'adua headache until he implements the TSS. Our request is only TSS, and there will be no teaching in primary schools until the TSS is introduced by the Federal Government", he said.
He hinted that the mass protest would also be organised in eight other states next week and it would continue like that across all the states of the federation until their prayers are answered.
Also speaking, the state chairman of the teachers union, Yunusa Isa Danguguwa, said it was unfortunate that the Federal Government refused to respond to teachers' demands almost four weeks after the commencement of the strike.
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"It is a shame on FG that is claiming rule of law, respect to due process, and yet the request of teachers could not be granted. It is unfortunate that while the teachers are crying for just TSS, members of the Senate and House of Representatives are about to receive millions of naira from the public treasury," he argued.
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