Strike Cripples Lagos Public Schools

LAGOS State public primary and secondary school pupils, who resumed after the long vacation, were yesterday turned back
due to an indefinite strike called by the local branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).
The inability of the union and the state government to reach an agreement at a meeting over the latter’s alleged failure to implement the Teachers’ Salary Structure (TSS), a 27.5 per cent increase in pay earlier agreed upon by the Governors’ Forum, triggered off the strike. The teachers have vowed to stay at home until their demands are met.