Teachers in Mansa district in Luapula province have resolved to pass a vote of no confidence in their union officials.
The teachers said the union officials from Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ), Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) and Secondary Schools Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) had failed and brought shame to teachers in the district.
This was contained in a petition signed by over 280 teachers from different schools in Mansa and made available to ZANIS today.
The teachers said they had no confidence in the union officials because they did not represent teachers’ interests and demanded that they (union officials) step down within one week from the date of receipt of notice.
“We wonder whom you represent if you cannot command our confidence. You are dangerous to the jobs of teachers and irrelevant. We therefore demand by right that you step down.
You have one week from the date of receipt of this notice to inform the provincial officials to conduct fresh elections publicly,” the petition read in part.
The teachers threatened to withdraw their monthly subscriptions to the three unions if the union officials failed to comply.
ZANIS/CB/MKM/ENDS.
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Power to the people! The same should occur on national level if the Government fails to deal with important national issues.
The teachers used their ZNUT, BETUZ and SEZTUZ Constitutions to pass a vote of no confidence in their leaders. You could make more sense on how to use “power to the people” if you consulted the Constitution of Zambia 1991 as amended by Act No. 18 of 1996 and specify the meaning of “failure to deal with important national issues”. With these attended to you will be on solid ground. If you ignore these issues you will end like Madagascar making a disc jockey President or even worse like Somalia being governed by pirates. Do you understand or should I repeat?
Way to go bakafundisha! Stand up for your rights, they all better recognize.
i have to give it to the teachers,I salute yall