The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has suspended its indefinite strike over unresolved labour points affecting academics and different schooling officers within the territory.
The union directed all employees, notably FCT academics, to renew work on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, following recent agreements reached with the FCT Administration (FCTA).
The resolution was contained in a communiqué issued after the NLC FCT State Executive Council (SEC) assembly on October 16, which reviewed the result of conciliatory conferences involving the FCTA, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and the NLC.
The growth got here two weeks after the FCT NLC declared an indefinite strike from October 7 following the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued to the FCTA over promotion, profession stagnation and the redeployment of college administrators.
The union had demanded, amongst different issues, the elimination of the emptiness situation hooked up to the promotion of schooling officers and the reconsideration of employees who have been eligible to take a seat for the 2025 promotion examination.
It additionally demanded the withdrawal of redeployment and demotion letters issued to administrators benefiting from the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Act, 2022.
However, following the most recent spherical of negotiations, the NLC mentioned it had reached resolutions on the contentious points.
On promotion, the union mentioned that emptiness provisions for schooling officers could be aligned with the institution positions declared by the Education Secretariat.
It added that the anticipated exit of a sizeable variety of directorate employees would create vacancies for the upward motion of officers.
For the 2025 promotion examination, the NLC mentioned a brand new date could be introduced to allow eligible candidates to take a seat for it, following approval by the FCT Executive Council.
The union additionally disclosed that the FCT Executive Council had directed that the redeployment of officers who have been having fun with the harmonised retirement age for academics be stepped down pending additional directives.
Consequently, the SEC resolved that the indefinite strike “be and is hereby SUSPENDED with immediate effect.”
It directed all employees, notably FCT academics, to renew responsibility on Wednesday.
The NLC additionally resolved to represent a monitoring committee to make sure full implementation of the agreements throughout the stipulated timelines.
It warned that failure to implement any of the resolutions would result in the automated resumption of the strike with out additional discover.
The council additional assured employees that no worker could be victimised or subjected to any type of reprisal for taking part within the industrial motion.
The NLC thanked the FCTA, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the NUT FCT Wing, affiliate unions, and FCT employees for his or her solidarity and understanding throughout the strike.
It additionally counseled FCT academics for his or her “resoluteness and discipline” all through the commercial motion.
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