The umbrella body of the public primary and secondary school teachers in Osun State has been factionalised into two camps following the decision by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to embark on strike to press home its demands, including improved condition of service.
The division, Vanguard gathered was as a result of the decision by some teachers in the state to boycott the strike order issued by the leadership of the state chapter of the NUT.
So, the secondary school teachers in the state have pulled out of NUT, the umbrella body of all teachers and formed a parallel union, the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools ASUSS.
The state chapter of NUT had since last week been embroiled in crisis as public secondary school teachers and some of their primary school counterparts refused to participate in the sit down strike ordered by the leadership of the union.
The Secondary school teachers under the platform of ASUSS have therefore condemned the strike.
The state coordinator of ASUSS, Mr Kunle Obawole said in a statement yesterday that the strike called by NUT was unnecessary considering the dwindling allocation of the state.
