THE Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, yesterday, threatened to embark on strike if its members were left under local structure for salary payment and other benefits.
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National President of NUT, Comrade Michael Olukoya, at a briefing, said they had resolved to stay away from the classroom if the government would leave primary school system under the local government.
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This position by the teachers' union was in view of a proposal by the National Assembly granting local government autonomy in the ongoing constitutional review.
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The leadership of the NUT argued that most local governments were not viable to promote primary education and often maltreated their members, stressing that if primary education was not detached from the local governments, it would be disastrous for the development of the nation's primary school system.