Kwara teachers flay salary arrears
Teachers in primary and junior secondary schools in Kwara State have decried the nonpayment of their salaries for three months by the state government.
The teachers under the umbrella of 'Concerned Teachers in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Kwara,' urged the government to effect the payment of their salaries to enable them meet their financial needs.
In a statement by their co-ordinator and secretary, Alhaji Bello Isola and Mrs Dorcas Iyanda, the teachers said they are facing hard times.
"The inability of the state government to pay our salaries has impacted negatively on our obligations to our family as most of us cannot afford to pay our children's school fees, talk less of paying our house rents," the statement noted.
Reacting to their plea, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Media and Communications, Dr Muideen Akorede attributed the difficulty in paying salaries to reduction in allocation to the state.
"The state government is committed to the welfare of its teeming workforce including the teachers, but the dwindling federation allocations from N2.7billion to N1.2billion has affected so many financial obligations," he said.
He noted that a committee of stakeholders is looking into how to distribute the allocation.
Akorede urged the affected teachers to take it easy with the government as the process of paying their salaries had commenced.
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