The Senior Staff Union of Colleges of
Education in Nigeria (SSUCOEN) has
commenced an indefinite nationwide strike
following a breakdown in talks between the
Federal Government and Colleges of
Education.
According to a press statement made
available in Kano on Sunday by Comrade Abu
Enesi Ajoge shortly after an Emergency
National Delegates Conference, the union
stated that the show down was adopted to
press home its demands which it said the
government had not expressed commitments.
The strike, according to Ajoge, the first to be
embarked upon by the Union will be “indefinite
and total, until the Federal Government meets
its demands of approving the migration of
officers on CONTEDISS 11 and below and other
sundry issues.”
Ajoge, who also doubles as Chairman, FCE
Okene branch said that the action would
paralyse activities of Colleges of Education
system whose Academic staff had been on
strike for the last 10 weeks.
According to Comrade Ajoge, the Federal
Government has been unfairly treating teacher
education in Nigeria, which he noted has
become a source of concern as it will further
frustrate the already weakened teacher
education in Nigeria.
He therefore called on members to remain
resolute in the face of hopelessness, stressing
that “this is the time to recover the soul of the
system to make it worthwhile”.
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