Wike gave the warning while fielding questions from journalists after inspecting the ongoing reconstruction of the Abuja-Karshi road.
He said no serious government would be happy seeing children of school age at home owing to avoidable strikes.
Wike said, “I’ve invited the area council chairmen and then I’ve invited the NUT, and let’s sit down. These are the things we talk about. We try to do what we can do in order to see that the system is moving well. It is unfortunate, which I told the area council chairmen.
“And that will mean that if the teachers are not paid, I will use the 10% IGR, which we normally pay them to pay the teachers. No serious government will allow their teachers to stay at home while the children are suffering, I will not tolerate that.”
