The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address some pending issues or face nationwide strike.
Nuhu Ogirima, President of COEASU, who issued the ultimatum during a press conference which held at the National Commission for Colleges of Education in Abuja, listed some of the issues to include refusal to effect third party-deductions in most colleges of education; double standard deployed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment against the institutions relative to other tertiary institutions and imposition of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System on the college of education system.
The union alleged that the government failed to address the plight of the public college system one year after sending a memo detailing the deplorable state of the institutions..
“Consequently, administrative impunity and rights deprivation reign supreme in most of these COEs. The Expanded National Executive Council at its meeting of 8th July, is, therefore, forced to challenge government to shut the teacher education industry since the quality of infrastructure, welfare and service delivery takes no preference in the scheme of governance at all levels,” Ogirima said.
