BREAKING: Lagos Schools Send Students Home Over Beating of NLC President
- The NLC directive to its affiliates and members to commence national industrial action has crippled activities in Lagos secondary and primary schools
- This is as students were seen trooping out of their school premises on Tuesday afternoon to their respective home
- Adejumo Ismail, the publicity secretary of the NUT in the state, has earlier informed journalists that they would complied with the directive of the NLC
Mushin, Lagos - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)'s directives that its members and affiliates should embark on an industrial action have forced public schools in Lagos to shut down operations in adherence to the directive.
According to The Nation, students of various public schools, secondary and primary, were sent home from different government schools.
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Lagos teachers joined NLC nationwide strike
While some students were seen returning to their different homes, others were observed loitering around the premises of the schools.
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The gate of the public secondary school in Mushin area of Lagos was left open and students were seen moving out of the school compounds while some teachers were having a discussion under a tree in the school premises.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a teacher in the school disclosed that the school complied with the directive of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), an affiliate of the NLC.
The spokesperson of the NUC in Lagos, Adejumo Ismail, disclosed to journalists on Tuesday, November 14, that the union would comply with the directive of the NLC.
FG warns NLC against embarking on strike
His comment reads:
He said:
“The teachers have joined — NUT and ASUU too have joined. All the unions in the tertiary institutions have joined in solidarity.”
The government on Monday, November 13, warned the organised labour against contempt of court over the planned nationwide strike
Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, disclosed that there was a court order by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria restraining the unions from embarking on a nationwide strike.
Attack on Ajaero: Banks, trains grounded as Lagos workers join strike
Legit.ng earlier reported that the NLC and TUC nationwide strike has grounded activities at Nigeria's train stations and in the banking sectors.
This is as the affiliates of the two unions (TUC and NLC) adhered to the directives of the labour leaders to take part in the industrial action.
The leadership of the NLC and TUC have directed members of the union to embark on the strike over the government's failure to meet their demands after the beating of the NLC president, Joe Ajaero.
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