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Teachers in government- owned primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa State have suspended their industrial action.

The teachers resumed the 2016/17 academic session last Monday 24th October 2016.

The resumption followed a directive from the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to striking members after public schools in the state delayed resumption for the new session due to the failure of the state government to settle eight months salary backlog of teachers.

The union resorted to strike as the state government had reneged on an earlier agreement reached in May to pay half salaries to its workers pending improvements in the finances of the state.

Commissioner for Education, Marson Fefegha, said that public primary and secondary schools in the state will resumed on Monday following a truce between the striking workers and the state government.