Public main and secondary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have actually been directed to start an indefinite strike starting Monday, following unsolved welfare concerns with authorities.
The regulation was issued by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT chapter, after an emergency meeting of its State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) kept in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
In a communiqué jointly signed by State Chairman Abdullahi Shafa, Secretary Margaret Jethro, and Promotion Secretary Ibukun Adekeye, the union instructed instructors to comply totally with the commercial action and wait for more directives.
Parents were also encouraged to keep their children and wards in your home till more notification, as schools across the FCT are expected to be impacted by the strike.
The union described that the choice followed the expiration of a seven-day final notice released on March 11 to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, which lapsed on March 29 without a satisfactory response.
While acknowledging the minister’s intervention in carrying out the 70,000 minimum wage and the payment of 9 months’ arrears to main school teachers, the union revealed concern that several critical issues stay unsolved.
According to the communiqué, a committee established by the minister on July 7, 2025, to harmonise exceptional privileges and recommend long lasting services to repeating disagreements had actually sent its report in August 2025, however it has yet to be made public or executed.
The NUT said: “After exhaustive deliberations on the industrial problems and the silence on the genuine demands of instructors’ welfare, the Council solved that all public main and secondary school instructors in the FCT shall, with effect from Monday, continue on an indefinite strike until our demands are satisfied.”
Amongst its needs, the union called for the immediate release and application of the committee’s report, the elimination of the “jobs” condition connected to teachers’ promos, and an extensive review of the 2024 promotion workout carried out by the FCT Civil Service Commission.
The union kept in mind that regardless of granting an additional 28-day grace duration after the initial final notice, authorities failed to react meaningfully, leaving instructors with no option however to embark on the strike.
The development raises fresh concerns about disruptions in the FCT education system, as countless trainees are anticipated to be affected if the impasse persists.