Provincial minister dissolves union and orders classes to resume in Inongo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
After more than a month of strikes in Inongo’s public schools, provincial minister Justin Iyolo dissolved the provisional committee of the teachers’ inter-union and ordered classes to resume on 19 October 2026. He cited the safeguarding of the school year and progress on paying salary arrears, while the inter-union president disputes his decision, Actualité.cd reports.
The provincial Minister of National Education and New Citizenship for Mai-Ndombe, Justin Iyolo, dissolved the provisional committee of the inter-union of teachers in the Mai-Ndombe 1 educational province and ordered classes to resume on Monday 19 October 2026. The decision comes after more than a month of strikes in Inongo’s public schools, according to Actualité.cd.
In an order signed on 13 October, Justin Iyolo cited the provisional committee’s lack of competence, its failure to cooperate and negotiate, and its exceeding of its powers. The president of the inter-union disputes the dissolution and the order to resume classes, Actualité.cd reports.
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