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News - South East - Anambra Updated: August 26, 2022

Umunze College Lecturers Commence Warning Strike Over Delayed Payment

By Deborah Oyewole
August 26, 2022
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Lecturers of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze in Anambra State have commenced a three weeks warning strike due to the hesitation of the management to settle an outstanding payment since 2017.

Chairman of the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) in the Federal College of Education, Umunze chapter, Dr Churchill Okonkwo disclosed this while speaking to reporters on Friday.

Okonkwo revealed that the lecturers went on strike on Tuesday after a comprehensive meeting of members of the union who disapproved of the over-indebtedness by the administration of the institution.

“We are here to notify you that lecturers of Federal College of Education, Umunze have commenced a three weeks warning strike

"We believe we want to let the public know, especially parents of our students who may want to believe that their children were in school undergoing academic activities to know that no academic activity is going on in the college now.

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“The management of the college has been trying to deny the strike, but the truth is that the students are simply staying idle in school, and we believe it is a bit harmful to leave students on campus to stay idle without any activity,” Okonkwo said.

Giving the reason for the strike, Okonkwo said the management has been reluctant in paying lecturers who mobilise supervisors for teaching practice since 2017.

He added that the TETFUND intervention in the College had not been accessed since 2016.

“Mobilization of academic staff who go for supervision for teaching practice, that is the daily BTA for their mobilisation has not been paid since 2017.

“There is also the TETFUND intervention in teaching practice, which helps to augment whatever the college gives for teaching practice supervision, and in Umunze it has not been accessed since 2016.

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“We have been patient for too long, yet this money doesn’t get paid every year. We have even sent a peace committee made up of former acting provosts to meet the provost of the college, Dr Tessy Okoye, but she has refused to budge.

“For seven years now we have not been paid that mobilization, yet the provost has remained adamant. That is why we decided to go on strike.”

The College's Public Relations Officer, Sam Otti, in a notice, maintained that there was no ongoing strike, informing the students about their forthcoming exams.

To this, Okonkwo said that the management is compelling some lecturers of the college to oversee the examinations.

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Deborah Oyewole

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