‘We Won’t Negotiate With Politicised NUT Leadership’ – Obaseki

The Menace between primary school teachers and Edo state government seemed not over yet as Governor Godwin Obaseki has vowed that his administration would not negotiate with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) as far as their demands he said would derail the programmes he has designed for primary schools in the state.

He alleged that a segment of the leadership of the union has been politicised. Obaseki stated this at a stakeholders forum organised by the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) with the theme “Improving collaboration in the provision of basic education” in Benin City where he said there is no going back in his quest to improve basic education he said was the foundation of whatever the people are today.

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He said the last strike by primary school teachers was influenced by a segment of the leadership of the NUT he alleged was politicised. Said by Obaseki: “What we saw the last time were not the teachers, it was part of the leadership of their union that has become political that are playing politics with the lives of our children, we don’t have a problem with the teachers of this state we have problems with a section of the leadership of the union who have decided to politicise the issue and derail what we have started and I have said that as the governor of Edo state that was popularly elected by Edo people I am ready to fight with anybody in the state that will jeopardise our mission, so I have advised you;

that section of the NUT in Edo, we are not going to negotiate all these, we are not going to be intimidated, we are going to fight as long as you want to derail Edo BEST, it is not a threat but I just want to assure you that we have the mandate of the Edo people to move Edo forward. “I hear they are still threatening that the strike is not over, I wish them luck and I want you the stakeholders to join us to make sure that the right thing is done.” Earlier, Chairman of SUBEB, Dr. Joan Oviawe said she came up with Edo BEST (Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation) to reposition basic education in the state.

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She said in the last four years through Edo BEST, Edo state has achieved the state with the least number of children out of school, make Edo state primary schools teachers the best paid in the country with the restoration of all their previously withheld emoluments and plans to recruit 3,000 more teachers soonest.