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.

John Mayokun Dada     Aminat Omodara     Oloriegbe     March 18     Nurudeen Mohammed     Ilesha-Gwanara     Ilorin Durbar     Kawu     Saheed Alakoso     Mahee Abdulkadir     HICA     Moses Afolayan     Umar Saro     Ilorin Airport     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Awoye     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Kola Shittu     Tayo Awodiji     Muslim Cementary     Nigeria Customs Service     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Hassan A. Saliu     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Illyasu Abdullahi     Plat Technologies     Kwara State Sports Commission     Jebba     Lotus Bank     Bahago     Abdullahi Atanda     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Islamic Development Bank     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Sai Kayi     Kale Kawu     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Oluwole Dupe     Ope Saraki     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Offa     Rapheal Ashaolu     UTME     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Kwara State Governor     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Quareeb Islamic Association     Kwarareports     Yemi Sanni     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     AbdulRahman Saad     Pakata     Ajakaye     Adeniyi Ojo     Salman Alada     Noah Yusuf     Otuka     Admiralty Villa     GANZY     Senate Presidency     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Tunji Moronfoye     Mustapha Olanipekun     Florence Saraki     Oni Adebayo     Barakat Community Secondary School     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Kwara Poly     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Umar Ahmed Gunu     Oko-Erin     Offa Descendants Union     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Smart School     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Okin High School     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Shade Omoniyi     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Kwarareports     Alabi Lawal     Kwara Polytechnic     Mubarak Oladosu     Oke-Ode     Agor Market     Ubandawaki     Fatimat Saliu     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     JAAC     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Segun Ogunsola     Haleeman Salman     Bukola Ajikobi     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Shuaib Olarongbe     Offa     Zainab Abass     Jide Ashonibare     Balogin Alanamu     First Lady     Yunus Lawal     Bolakale Ayo     Amule     Oke-Oyi     Magaji Erubu     Rueben Parejo     Iliasu     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Sheikh Alimi     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     A.O. Belgore     Usman Alkali Baba     Bolaji Nagode     2017 Budget     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Bamikole Omishore     General Hospital, Ilorin     Sarah Alade     COEASU     08001000100     Simon Sayomi     Kisra     Ayodele Shittu     Marafan Shonga     VADA     Ajase-Ipo     Apaokagi     Kwara University Of Education     Awodun     Jawondo     Timothy Akangbe     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Adeniyi Ojo     Abegunde Goke     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     ANCOPPS     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Bola Tinubu     Ilorin Airport     Tsado Manman     Ajike People Support Centre     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Michael Nzekwe