Aisha Yesufu has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to intervene in the indefinite strike embarked on by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT Wing, which began on Monday, April 20, 2026. The strike follows unresolved welfare issues, including the non-implementation of a committee report submitted in August 2025 after being inaugurated in July 2025 to address teachers' entitlements. In a statement posted on her X account, Yesufu described the crisis as preventable, stating that teachers do not resort to strikes lightly. She quoted concerns that the report remains unreleased and unimplemented, with entitlements unresolved and promotions stalled by bureaucracy.
Yesufu emphasized that the consequences of the strike would primarily affect schoolchildren, not government officials. "When classrooms are shut, it is not government officials who feel it first. It is the child in Primary 1 trying to learn how to read," she said. She specifically called on Wike to release the report, implement agreed recommendations, and fix promotion bottlenecks. The union's State Wing Executive Council had met in Gwagwalada and directed teachers across the six area councils to withdraw services indefinitely until demands are met. While the FCT Administration has previously acted on the N70,000 minimum wage and partial arrears payments, issues around entitlements and career progression persist. Yesufu warned that further delays could erode confidence in public education and urged immediate action to prevent long-term damage.
Nyesom Wike faces a contradiction: teachers have waited since August 2025 for a committee report he oversees to be implemented, yet schools are now shutting down under his watch. Children in Abuja's public schools, particularly those relying on education as an escape from poverty, bear the cost of administrative inertia that could have been addressed months ago. The activist's plea exposes a gap between governance rhetoric and the reality of stalled action affecting real classrooms. Act now, before classrooms go silent — the students cannot wait.
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