It was gathered that the Osun State College of Education, Ilesa, had been scheduled to start its industrial action on Friday (today).
The Chairman, Osun State College of Education Academic Staff Union, Ilesa, Mr Olusegun Lana, who led other lecturers in a protest march on the college premises on Thursday, said the state government had refused to fulfil its part of the agreement reached with lecturers.
Lana, who is also the chairman of the Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun State Owned Tertiary Institutions, said the Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun, would start its strike action on August 7, adding that the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, would commence its strike action on August 8, while the Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, would start on August 15.
Lana said the strike would be total because lecturers could no longer afford transport fares to their workplaces, while members of their families were finding it difficult to feed due to the issue of modulated salaries which had lasted for 34 months.
French Language Village: Teachers kick against pay cut
Teachers at the Nigeria French Language Village Staff School in Badagry, Lagos State on Thursday protested against what they described as the continuous short payment of their salaries by the management of the institution.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the protest, which was peaceful, crippled activities in the school as pupils were sent home.
Some of the teachers claimed that the NFLV management had refused to honour its agreement with the teaching staff, despite several promises.