Kwara teachers protest, threaten strike over 4-month salaries arrears

Date: 2018-09-12

Primary and secondary school teachers across the 16 local government areas of Kwara State, yesterday, protested four months unpaid salaries and threatened not to resume on Monday, if they are not paid.

The teachers, who went around Post Office, Unity, Taiwo and other major parts of the state capital, said the protest became necessary as 10 of their colleagues died as they were unable to pay their medical bills.

Deceased teachers

They listed the dead to include Mrs Oyedepo Funke, Asa Local Government; Mrs Bola Ajeigbe, Ilorin South; Mr. Isaiah Adio, Moro; Mallam Abdulrahman, Imam Ilorin West; Mallam Akanni Kareem, Moro, among others.

Their spokesman, Mallam Abubakar Abdulwha'ab, told journalists, "we have been patient enough. Our people are dying. How do you expect a hungry teacher to go to the class and discharge his duties effectively?

"We heard that President Muhammadu Buhari gave out Paris Club bailout to the states. The President later said to the governors, 'I wonder why you governors can sleep with all eyes closed while your workers are dying of hunger'.

"Kwara SUBEB teachers have turned to beggars. We implore the Kwara State Governor, and the Senate President to come to our aid. If they do not pay us, we will not resume academic activities. We are tired.

"We have not been promoted since 2010. They gave us two letters without money. They cannot bring their wards to our school.

"It is as if they do not have blood in their veins. We are tired. We are supposed to resume by September 17. But if they do not pay us, we are staying at home and no one can force us to resume."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tinubu     Universal Basic Education Commission     Dasuki Belgore     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Bukola Ajikobi     Sunday Otokiti     Osinbajo     NAWOJ     Ali Ahmad     Yemi Osinbajo     Wahab Isa     Kwara Politics     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Offa     Elekoyangan     YAKOOYO     Babaloja-General     Shagari     Galadiman Ngeri     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Okin Biscuit     Okin High School     Saad Omo Iya     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Suleiman Ajadi     Abraysports FC     Logun     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Abdulfatai Baakini     KWASSIP     Olayinka Are     Kwara Polytechnic     Olupako     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Ilota     Amasa     Adebayo Salami     Ahmed \'Lateef     Al-Hikmah University     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Unilorin     Kayode Laro     Sabitiyu Grillo     Adamu Attah     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kunle Okeowo     Saka Saadu     MalHub     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Baboko     Bilikisu Gambari     Ibrahim Bio     Ayinke Saka     Taofik Mustapha     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Convocation Ceremonies     HICA     LAK Jimoh     Elerin Of Adanla     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Saliu Oluwole     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Iyaloja-General     Talaka Parapo     S.O. Opowoye     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     GGDSS Pakata     Hijaab     Bello Abubakar    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Coronavirus     Owo Arugbo     Sun Qing Rong     Umar Danladi Shero     Idowu Aremu     Balogun Gambari     Kale Belgore     Ayinde Oki     Bureau Of Lands     Suleman Abubakar     ARMTI     Saadu Yusuf     Ayo Adeyemi     Saad Belgore     SARS     Afetu Of Alabe     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Dairo Kunle Paul     Ndakene     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Bamidele Adegoke     Omu-aran     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Maryam Ado Bayero     Rapheal Ashaolu     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Fareedah Dankaka     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     LEAH Charity Foundation     David Oyedepo     Overland     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Valsolar Consultoria     Popo-Igbonna     Moronfoye     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ajakaye     Wasiu Odewale     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Razaq Atunwa     Kwara Consultative Forum     Peter Amogbonjaye     Moremi High School     Jaigbade Alao     Galadiman Ngeri     Ejidongari     Oyedepo     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Alikinla     Raji AbdulRasaq     Baba Issa     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Tanke     Ileloke     Sarkin Malamai     Towoju     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Rachael Obisesan     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Tunji Oyawoye     Ajibike Katibi     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     2023 Elections     Dorcas Afeniforo     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Titus Ashaolu     Bio Ibrahim     Yekini Adio