Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Abia State embark on strike

   Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Abia State,  have embarked on strike to protest alleged government’s failure to pay their salaries.

   According to reports, Schools in the state were supposed to reopen on the 9^th of January 2017, after the Christmas and New Year holidays but resumption was postponed to the 16^th of January, 2017.
   The teachers refused to resume, insisting on the payment of their outstanding five months salary arrears.
Speaking with newsmen in an interview, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ikechi Mgbeoji, said that he had scheduled a meeting with NUT executives on the development.
   Meanwhile, private schools in the state have reopened fully for the second term.