Kogi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers ( NUT) at the weekend took on the state government over, the non-payment of teachers salaries and entitlements.
The state NUT chairman, Suleiman Abdullahi, after a meeting between the Union and the Board members of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB-) led by its chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ahmed, said if the state government had followed the law which mandated it to contribute to the funding of basic education, there would have been no problem.
He lamented that the state government left the burden for only the local government to bear.
“The law that set up Kogi State SUBEB was signed by the former governor, Ibrahim Idris, in 2005, and it stipulates that the financing of SUBEB should be carried out by the state and local governments but this is not the case. Had it been the state government has been paying its contributions, many of these problems would have been solved,” he said.
He said during the meeting, the SUBEB chairman assured them that the problem of teachers salaries would soon be over as a committee headed by Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Olugbemiro Jegede to look into the matter had been set up.
“SUBEB has agreed that the government is owing teachers November and December salaries and other allowances. We told them that the N25 billion we talked about is balance owned teachers since the commencement of payment of minimum wage in 2011,” he said.
On the Leave grant for basic education teachers, the NUT chairman said the SUBEB blamed the education secretary of various local governments who are yet to compute the figures for onward submission to the government.
The chairman pleaded with members of the union to remain calm and wait for further directives, adding that the union will meet to decide on the next line of action.
Meanwhile, primary school teachers in the state have called on Independent Corrupt Practises and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to stop NUT from deducting union dues from their salaries.
This was contained in a letter by 53 staff of Okene Local Government Education Authority and signed by Abdullahi Yekeeni.
The state NUT chairman, Suleiman Abdullahi, after a meeting between the Union and the Board members of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB-) led by its chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ahmed, said if the state government had followed the law which mandated it to contribute to the funding of basic education, there would have been no problem.
He lamented that the state government left the burden for only the local government to bear.
“The law that set up Kogi State SUBEB was signed by the former governor, Ibrahim Idris, in 2005, and it stipulates that the financing of SUBEB should be carried out by the state and local governments but this is not the case. Had it been the state government has been paying its contributions, many of these problems would have been solved,” he said.
He said during the meeting, the SUBEB chairman assured them that the problem of teachers salaries would soon be over as a committee headed by Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Olugbemiro Jegede to look into the matter had been set up.
“SUBEB has agreed that the government is owing teachers November and December salaries and other allowances. We told them that the N25 billion we talked about is balance owned teachers since the commencement of payment of minimum wage in 2011,” he said.
On the Leave grant for basic education teachers, the NUT chairman said the SUBEB blamed the education secretary of various local governments who are yet to compute the figures for onward submission to the government.
The chairman pleaded with members of the union to remain calm and wait for further directives, adding that the union will meet to decide on the next line of action.
Meanwhile, primary school teachers in the state have called on Independent Corrupt Practises and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to stop NUT from deducting union dues from their salaries.
This was contained in a letter by 53 staff of Okene Local Government Education Authority and signed by Abdullahi Yekeeni.
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