BY Austin Ogwuda
Asaba—BARELY one month after the resolution of a looming industrial unrest by public servants in Delta State, the state wing of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, yesterday, issued a 21-day ultimatum to shut down public primary and secondary schools in the state if its demands were not met.
Recall that  Delta State council of the National Public Service Negotiating Council (Union Side) threatened to call out public servants on strike over labour issues, but was  promptly resolved by the personal intervention of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan.

Rising from an emergency meeting, the leadership of the state NUT, led by Jonathan Jemiriegbe, said in a communiqué that “while scoring the state governor high in his giant strides in the education sector since assumption of office in 2007, State Wing Executive Council, SWEC, in-session lament the role of saboteurs in his administration targeted at frustrating the good intentions of the state governor for the teachers in Delta State.”
It stated that “a 21-day ultimatum be given to the state government with effect from December 4, 2013. The union will not be held responsible for any untoward action that would be brought to bear on the State school system if these issues are not addressed at the expiration of the ultimatum.”