Aisha Yesufu urges Wike to resolve FCT teachers’ strike
Activist Aisha Yesufu has called on Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, to urgently address the ongoing teachers’ strike in Abuja. She warned that inaction could severely impact basic education and harm schoolchildren. Yesufu emphasized that teachers only strike when pushed to their limits and highlighted unresolved welfare and promotion issues. She urged immediate intervention to prevent further disruption in schools.
What we know
- Aisha Yesufu appealed to Nyesom Wike to intervene in the teachers’ strike affecting Abuja schools.
- The Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT Wing, began an indefinite strike on Monday, April 20, 2026, over unresolved welfare issues and a committee report submitted since August 2025.
- A committee was inaugurated in July 2025 to address teachers’ entitlements, but its report remains unimplemented.
- Yesufu stressed that the strike’s impact would be felt most by schoolchildren, not government officials.
- She called for the release and implementation of the committee report and resolution of promotion and welfare issues to end the crisis.
