The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has embarked on an indefinite strike in order to “salvage the institutions from total collapse.”
The strike was called on Monday, leading to the suspension of academic activities at the Federal Colleges of education nationwide.
The lecturers are concerned over the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPS) as well as on the decaying infrastructure in the colleges. The strike came soon after university lecturers ended a long-drawn industrial action that lasted nearly six months.
An official of COAESU, who does not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak, said the union went on strike because it appeared this was the “only language that the Federal Government understands.”
“Our colleges are rotting away; no befitting libraries, hostels, lecture halls and other structures. The books in our libraries today are outdated,” he said. The official said colleges of education needed adequate funds for transformation to enable them provide the expected services to the nation.
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