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Tension As FCT Teachers Chase Out Pupils

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Teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have chased away pupils who resumed after seven-month of COVID lockdown.

The teachers under the aegis of the FCT Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), said Area Council Chairmen in the territory have refused to implement the national minimum wage as well as payment of arrears.

 

When The Nation visited the LEA Primary School Kubwa, which also houses the Junior Secondary School, Kubwa, pupils had been chased out of their classrooms from as early as 8 am.

Only students of the Junior Secondary school were allowed in as Secondary school teachers had been paid by the FCT Administration.

In September, chairman of the union, Stephen Knabayi, had directed members not to resume work whenever schools reopened.

 

He said while the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has commenced payment of the new minimum wage, the six Area Councils in the territory saddled with payment of primary school teachers have refused to budge.

 

The FCTA had on October 8 slated the reopening of schools for Monday, October 12, announcing the cancellation of the third Term and equally warning private schools against demanding fees for the canceled term

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Breaking News: Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To New Alaafin Of Oyo

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade. 

The governor presented the official instrument legitimising the reign of a king to the new monarch on Monday morning at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital.

The symbolic event was performed nearly three years after the death of the former Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi III.

The presentation of the staff of office was done amid controversy concerning the choice of the new Alaafin announced by the governor last week.

Last Friday, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said Owoade after thorough consultations and divinations, was recommended by the Oyomesi and approved by the governor.

He said the announcement put to rest, all the socio and legal bickering that have ensued since the demise of Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III on April 22, 2022.

The commissioner called on all citizens of Oyo State to join the government in celebrating this momentous occasion and lend their support to the new Alaafin of Oyo.

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