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NTI centre managers begin month-long strike over unpaid allowances
Centre managers at Nigeria’s National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) have begun a one-month warning strike across Nigeria.
The National Centre Managers’ Forum says members are owed honoraria dating from 2020 through the first semester of 2026.
It says the payments cover work in both semesters from 2020 to 2025 and the first semester of 2026.
The forum says it tried to resolve the issue with NTI management before calling the strike.
Managers have been told to suspend teaching and other activities in programmes including teacher training, education degrees and postgraduate education courses.
The strike is scheduled to run from 12 October to 12 November 2026.
The forum says it remains open to talks but will prepare an indefinite strike if its demands are not met by then.
The National Centre Managers’ Forum of the National Teachers’ Institute began a one-month warning strike on 12 October over unpaid honoraria.
The forum said centre managers are owed payments dating from 2020 through the first semester of 2026.
It directed managers to suspend activities across NTI programmes nationwide, including teaching, project supervision and teaching practice arrangements.
The strike is expected to run until 12 November, and the forum warned it may prepare for an indefinite strike if its demands are not met.
- Who
- The National Centre Managers’ Forum of the National Teachers’ Institute and NTI centre managers.
- What
- Centre managers began a one-month warning strike over unpaid honoraria.
- When
- It began on 12 October 2026 and is expected to last until 12 November.
- Where
- NTI study centres across Nigeria.
- Why
- The forum says honoraria dating back to 2020 remain unpaid despite its efforts to secure payment.
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The forum wrote to NTI management about the outstanding payments.
The NCMF leadership meeting resolved to declare a one-month warning strike.
The warning strike began.
The one-month strike is expected to end.
- Strike period
- 12 October to 12 November 2026
- Payment period claimed
- First and second semesters of 2020–2025, plus the first semester of 2026
- Affected programmes
- PTTP, NCE, BDPs and PGDE
- Forum national chairman
- Tam Frank
- Forum national secretary
- Mamuda Doguwa
What people are saying
Despite our persistent efforts and engagements with the appropriate authorities, the outstanding payments remain unsettled, with no tangible response or concrete commitment to resolving the matter,
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