Articles from Nigeria
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Trade union rights are human rights 2013-10-02 Nigeria: EI condemns murder of students and calls for action against perpetrators
EI has condemned the attack by the Islamist group, Boko Haram, which killed at least 40 students in Nigeria.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2013-09-05 Nigeria: House of Representatives’ vote hits primary educators
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has criticised the House of Representatives’ vote to grant autonomy to Nigeria’s local Governments without addressing issues relating to the development of primary education.The House of Representatives’ stance is “sad, unfortunate and inconsiderate”, said the NUT, as it impedes...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2013-08-20 Nigeria: mass protest to save public education
On 13 August, the Joint Action Front (JAF) led a national mass protest to save public education in Nigeria. EI’s national affiliate, the National Union of Teachers (NUT), is a JAF member.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2013-07-09 Nigeria: EI condemns shocking school massacre
EI has condemned the killing of 29 students and a teacher and the burning down of the Mamudo boarding school in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Yobe by suspected Islamist extremists.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2013-06-11 Nigeria: Teachers strike demands better wages
EI’s national affiliate, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has called on members to go on strike as of 1 June, due to the non-payment of a negotiated pay increase. Teachers are due a 27.5 per cent salary increase (Teachers’ Peculiar Allowance) and a minimum wage of 18,000 Nigerian Naira...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2013-05-17 Nigeria: Extremist attacks hit school attendance
EI has strongly condemned attacks on Nigerian schools, teachers and students that have kept 15,000 children away from school since last February. News of the attacks by Boko Haram (BH) extremists came from IRIN, the news service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The attacks on...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2012-11-06 Nigeria: teacher gap must be addressed
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has demanded that the federal Government in Nigeria pay teachers’ salaries in order to maintain their employment in financially-strapped States in Nigeria. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), issued this demand in response to the statement by Professor Mohammed Ibn Junaid, the Executive Secretary...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2012-05-08 Africa acknowledges crucial role of qualified teachers
Teachers’ professional development represents one of the three main pillars of the Second Decade of Education for Africa. The other two pillars are formal and non-formal vocational education and training, and higher education. These pillars were reaffirmed by the Conference for Ministers of Education of Africa (COMEDAF V) in Abuja,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2012-05-08 Africa acknowledges crucial role of qualified teachers
Teachers’ professional development represents one of the three main pillars of the Second Decade of Education for Africa. The other two pillars are formal and non-formal vocational education and training, and higher education. These pillars were reaffirmed by the Conference for Ministers of Education of Africa (COMEDAF V) in Abuja,...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2008-07-22 Nigeria: EI expresses its support to the national strike action of Nigerian teachers
On 30 June, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched a national strike action to press the federal government to implement the promised Teachers’ Salary Structure.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2007-02-21 Nigeria: EI Vice President elected President of the Nigerian Labour Congress
EI Vice President Abdulwaheed Omar has been elected President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on 16 February 2007.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2006-03-15 Nigeria: Affiliate faults Implementation of Universal Basic Education
EI affiliate the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has faulted the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) programmes in the country, saying that the fundamental principles and policy of UBE are being compromised.
Nigeria: Affiliate faults Implementation of Universal Basic Education