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Ondo teachers suspend strike as Mimiko approves TSS

Posted by oluyinka olusile on May 25, 2009 at 1:23am
Teachers in Ondo State have called off their proposed strike, following the agreement by the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to pay the 27.5 per cent enhanced Teachers Salary Structure with effect from July 1.Skip to next paragraphthenewsng.comOndo State Governor, Dr. Segun MimikoThe development was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kolawole Olabisi.The NUT in Ondo State had through its chairman Mr. Ojo Fanimokun, directed its members to begin an indefinite strike from Monday (today).But the planned strike was called off due to the success of the negotiation between Mimiko and the teachers.The statement reads in part, “In the circular signed with the state government on Saturday morning, it was agreed that the implementation of the TSS takes effect nominally from January 2009 while financial benefits commence on July 1, 2009.”The governor had blamed the steady dwindling of federal allocation to the state due to the global economic crisis to delay in the implementation of the increment.Mimiko also said that, “Actual income has gone down since January this year. As at January, we had N1.3bn, it went down to N1.034bn in February; by March, it plummeted to N925.18m; this further went down to N867m by April.“Indeed, in the month of February, N111m had to be taken from the capital savings to augment, this rose to N278m in March and had gone to N310m in April.“The situation was so bad that as at April this year, no local government council has enough money to pay teachers.”The state Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, Mr. Olusola Adejutelegan, commended the governor for acceding to the demand of the teachers.He assured the governor that the teachers would also double their efforts in discharging their duties to restore the state’s lost glory in education.
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