Colleges of education lecturers under the aegis of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have threatened to join their counterparts in universities on their ongoing industrial action over the non-payment of N15 billion revitalization funds.

The president of the union, Smart Olugbeko in a statement issued on Tuesday, Feb 15, said in the next few weeks, they would call the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to take necessary actions as permitted by the Trade Union Act if the government fails to honor their agreement.

Olugbeko listed some of the union’s grievances as the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement, problems faced from the imposition of IPPIS, and the payment of the N15 billion Revitalisation Fund for the development of Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

He condemned the federal government’s nonchalant attitude towards meeting its demand saying standards in colleges of education have drastically dropped, leaving both staff and students unmotivated as there are inadequate lecture rooms, ill-equipped laboratory, outdated library, and unconducive learning environment.