Strike is over in education sector

…As FG releases N500bn for settlement of arrears, allowances

The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau yesterday said that the Federal Government had released N500 billion to the education sector for the settlement of pending arrears and allowances saying that the issue of strike as means of settling disputes in the educational sector would soon be over.

Shekarau spoke during his official visit to Federal Government-owned institutions in Lagos State yesterday. “By the grace of God, we have seen the end of strikes in our various institutions. The Federal Government started addressing all pending issues in the sector. Over N500 billion has been released to the education sector for this purpose, ‘’ he said.

The Minister visited the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Yaba and Yaba College of Technology, Yaba and the Federal College of Education, Lagos respectively. On NEEDS assessment reports, he said that the government would ‘’forward them to the various governing councils of tertiary institutions for implementation.”

He further said that measures had been taken to ensure suspension of the ongoing strike embarked on by Unity Schools’ teachers in the country. Speaking while commissioning some projects at UNILAG, he said that there was need for the improvement of education sector in the country, adding “Education is an ever growing institution which will keep expanding. The number of students has increased and the facilities have not increased with it.”

Culled from Vanguard

If I should add; this improvement in our education sector, is more than required judging by the inability of our so-called graduates to occupy the Recent Job Vacancies in Nigeria