The prolonged strike by primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, took another dimension on Monday, as popular social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, led a protest to the residence of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja.
Viral images show VeryDarkMan and school children at the entrance gate to the Minister’s residence.
He could be seen tutoring the pupils, in what he is believed to be a wake up call for the Minister, who weeks back threatened to withhold a portion of allocation to Area Councils over the strike.
VDM gathered the schoolchildren dressed in uniforms and conducted a class where he taught them the letters of the alphabet.
“S for Suegbe, T for Tinubu, W for Wike”, VDM called out, while the children repeated.
He said Wike's gate would form the new classroom for the pupils going forward.
It could be recalled that Wike had earlier announced plans to withhold 10 percent of the statutory allocation to Area Councils due to their failure to implement the new minimum wage for primary school teachers, which has resulted in an ongoing strike.
The strike by primary school teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has lasted for several weeks.
They are protesting the non-payment of the new minimum wage by the Area Councils.