The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has raised an alarm over a growing teacher shortage in the country’s public schools, with more than 194,876 positions vacant across primary and secondary education. Speaking to The Guardian, NUT President Titus Amba called on federal and state governments to urgently implement previously approved salary enhancements and welfare packages
Teachers in Lagos State have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to implement the 65-year or 40-year service retirement policy for educators in the state. The appeal was made by the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Hassan Mujeeb, during the 2025 World Teachers’ Day celebration, held on Sunday at the NUT Pavilion
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Cross River State has called on the government to raise funding for the education sector from 15% to 26% of the state budget. State NUT chairman, Gregory Olayi, appealed for World Teachers’ Day celebrations at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar. He also pressed for the promotion of
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has raised an alarm on not being paid the ₦70,000 minimum wage signed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in at least nine states in the country. States such as Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Abia, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Yobe, and Zamfara have partially implemented the new minimum wage. Likewise, some of
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on President Bola Tinubu to approve and implement the welfare packages promised to teachers since 2020. The National President of the union, Comrade Audu Amba, appealed during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Amba stated that the Federal Government, under
Some schoolchildren in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to striking teachers across the six area councils to consider their plight and end their ongoing industrial action, which has kept them out of school for over two months. The children conducted interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
