The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) of the Federal College of Education Technical (FCET), Gusua, Zamfara State, has suspended its strike action unconditionally, saying that lecturers have resumed their academic activities. DAILY POST reports that the three-month industrial action was called off on Thursday, 20 June 2024, after a long-hour meeting by union members at the college in Gusau, the State Capital.

Muktar Abdullahi, a union member, spoke with reporters shortly after the meeting and apologized to parents, guardians, and students for any inconvenience caused by the nearly three-month strike. According to him, the decision to call off the strike was made unconditionally after the union members were able to resolve issues at the campus.

Previously, a coalition of Zamfara State Civil Society Organizations and supporters held a demonstration against the union’s anti-progress stance. Alhaji Nasiru Garba, speaking on behalf of the alliance, stated that they stand in solidarity with Hajiya Hauwa’u Mukhtar Abdul Karim, FCET Gusau’s substantive and only female and indigenous provost from its inception in 1988.

He claims that some members of the embattled union are working against the college. He additionally stated: “Some academic staff of the college do not want the college to be manned by a substantive provost; they always want to lead the institution in acting capacity as caretakers, which is very bad, and by doing so, the college will never progress.”

He urged the Federal Government, through the Minister of Education, to ensure the quick transfer of COEASU members to other Federal Colleges of Education. “That will help the institution grow and allow the provost to continue the good work she started,” he said, adding that the civil society coalition supports Dr. Hauwau Muktar Abdulkarim’s leadership.

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