By Alade Adisa
Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Ogun State on Tuesday embarked on an indefinite strike over the inability of the state government to meet their demands regarding contributory pensions and other welfare issues.
The directive to go on strike was given by the leadership of the Ogun State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT.
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The memo directing the teachers to embark on industrial action was signed by the State Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Sewakanu Noah and the Principal Secretary, Comrade Oyelere Samson and was dated July 14, 2025.
It was titled “Notice of industrial action to all primary and secondary school teachers in Ogun State.”
It reads in part, “As a committed affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Nigeria Union of Teachers is dedicated to securing a blissful future for its members. Therefore, in line with the decision of Organised Labour, through a joint workers parliament held on June 14,2025, that all public and civil servants should withdraw their services to press home the demands of workers on the following:
“Stoppage of contributory pensions scheme; payment of new minimum wage different from wage award; payment of outstanding eight years leave allowance; immediate implementation of already approved 2023 and 2024 promotions that were staggered and consequential adjustment on minimum pension.
“After exhausting all avenues to resolving all the issues to no avail, the leadership of the Ogun State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers directs that all teachers in public primary and secondary schools withdraw their services from 12am on Tuesday, July 15,2025.”
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The union urged members to await further direction from their leaders on the next line of action.
Recall that workers in the employ of the Ogun State government have been at loggerheads with their employer over some welfare issues, and teachers have just taken their own step, a few days before the start of promotion examinations, and just as final year secondary school students are concluding their external examinations.
