Lagos — NORMAL academic activities will from today return to the nation's public primary and secondary schools as striking teachers yesterday suspended their four-week-old industrial action.

The suspension is to last for two weeks pending the outcome of the joint negotiating committee of the Governor's forum and the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) mandated to re-visit the grey areas in the conflict.

The NUT national executive council (NEC), met yesterday in Abuja where it resolved to suspend the strike.

It is a fallout of the peace pact brokered by the governors after a meeting with the teachers last Monday in Abuja.

The Kaduna state governor, Namadi Sambo, is to lead the team comprising the deputy governors of Ebonyi, Osun, Gombe States as well as commissioners for education in Nasarawa, Yobe, Akwa Ibom, Kano, Kwara and Ekiti states.

Teachers under the auspices of NUT, had embarked the strike to compel the federal government to issue s circular approving the new Teachers salary structure (TSS)

The agitation for enhanced salary has been a subject of contention between the NUT, and the Federal Government with the former accusing the latter of reneging on an earlier agreement to resolve the issue.

The strike which kept pupils and students of schools, for so long, also resulted in the suspension of this year's National Examination Council (NECO), examinations as well as the marking of the May/June West African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE). Both examinations are conducted by teachers.

The Lagos state NUT, chairman, Mr. Michael Olukoya was said the suspension was in respect of the pact reacted with the governors.

The governors he disclosed promised to address the teachers' demands with view to finally ending the industrial action.

According to him, the governors promised to liaise with federal government to find out lasting solution to the TSS palaver without any party feeling offended.

The governor, he added agreed to address their demands so that children could return to classes.

However, he added that the strike would continue if the governors reneged on their promises.