Lecturers Begin Strike In Niger Over Retirement Age, Others

The Academic staff of the Niger State College of Education, Minna have embarked on an indefinite strike over government’s refusal to honour signed agreements. Among such agreements is the total implementation of the Consolidated Polytechnic and Colleges of Education Academic Salary Structure (CONPCASS). Danjuma Beji, Chairman of the institution’s chapter of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COASU), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Minna that only 77.3 per cent of the agreement had been met. “Part of the agreement, 23.7 percent, has yet to…