{"id":31846,"date":"2014-10-08T00:29:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T23:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31846"},"modified":"2014-10-08T00:29:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T23:29:06","slug":"ekiti-teachers-vow-shun-classes-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ekiti-teachers-vow-shun-classes-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti teachers vow to shun classes on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ekiti Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers on Tuesday called on its members not to resume for the new academic session on Wednesday as directed by the state government.<br \/>\nThe state chairman of the union, Mr Samuel Akosile, told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti that asking teachers to resume for the session with empty stomach was like attempting suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Kayode Fayemi on Monday announced that public and\u00a0private primary and secondary schools across the state should resume on Wednesday for the 2014\/2015 academic session.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after weeks of fears of outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease and demand by teachers that government should put measures in place to contain its spread before resumption.<\/p>\n<p>The NUT boss also directed his members\u00a0to shun their duty posts\u00a0until the August and September salaries, being owed by the government, were paid.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government had no justification to ask teachers to resume duties when they were still\u00a0being owed two months salaries and other allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Akosile said, \u201cHow can we go back to work when we are being cheated? We cannot pretend that all is well when teachers are dying in silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we speak now, teachers have not received August and September salaries as well as the deductions in July salary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to our surprise, local government workers have been paid up to September. 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