Kwara NUT Praises Govt for Timely Salaries, Urges Full Implementation of Allowances

Date: 2024-10-06

As reported by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kwara State has expressed appreciation to the state government for the prompt payment of teachers' salaries. Speaking at the 2024 World Teachers' Day celebration in Ilorin on Saturday, the state NUT Chairman, Yusuf Agboola, praised the government for its commitment to teachers' welfare, particularly regarding cash-backing for promotions from 2021 and 2022 and the recent approval for promotions in 2023 and 2024.

However, Agboola highlighted ongoing challenges, including the improper implementation of some allowances. He specifically called attention to the 27.5 per cent Teachers Specific Allowance, which he noted has not been fully executed as expected.

Mr Agboola said, “This problem is peculiar to only Kwara in the entire federation, and we have the problem of non-implementation of November 2023 palliatives for teachers under the Teaching Service Commission. Also, there is the non-implementation of annual increment steps for State Universal Basic Education Board teachers, non- recruitment of more teachers for senior secondary schools in spite of massive retirements between 2022 and 2024.''

The NUT Kwara State chairman added that the state government had yet to implement the 65/40 years harmonised retirement age for teachers in Nigeria.

In his remarks, Chairman, Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Muritala Olayinka, said efforts were ongoing with other stakeholders to ensure the new minimum wage's implementation.

”The committee set up by the state government is working round the clock to ensure that the new minimum wage is implemented. I, therefore, urge teachers in the state to exercise a little patience. At the end of the day, we will come out with something tangible that will make everybody smile,” he said.

Corroborating Mr Olayinka's comments, Chairman of the state SUBEB, Prof. Shehu Adaramaja, assured that teachers would be taken care of in the new minimum wage.

Represented by Abdullatef Solagberu, Mr Adaramaja said a committee had been inaugurated by the state government and the NUT was adequately represented.

(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Amina El-Imam     Kazeem Oladepo     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Amusement Park     Amuda Bembe     NaAllah     Amos Justus Sayo     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Sa\'adu Gambari     Kunle Suleiman     PharmAccess Foundation     Kolawole Akande     Musa Yeketi     Isiaq Khadeejah     New Model Police Station     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Obayomi Azeez     Babata     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Peter Amogbonjaye     Kwara Volleyball Association     Alanamu     Col. Adedipe     Lanre Badmus     Olatunji Bamgbola     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     AbdulRahman Saad     Mustapha Olanipekun     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Babaloja-General     Adamu Attah     Saadu Alanamu     Babs Iwarere     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Salary     Yunus Lawal     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Sanusi Abubakar     Sam Okaula     Ibrahim Gambari     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ojuekun Sarumi     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Kayode Issa     Fulani     Kola Shittu     Oke-Ogun     Ilorin East     Suleiman Abubakar     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Salman Jawondo     Tanke Road     Garment Factory     Eleja     Firdaos Amasa     Dasuki Belgore     Gobirawa     Sarah Alade     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Saheed Alakoso     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Kabir Shagaya     Adeola Abraham     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Al-Hikmah Radio     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Esuwoye     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Kudirat Arinola Lawal    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Nupe     Taofeek Sanusi     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     IPSAS     Aliyu Sabi     NNPP     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Wahab Abayawo     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Rashidi Yekini     Okin Group     Kola Adesina     Al-Adaby     Kwara State University Of Education     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     PharmAccess Foundation     Manzuma     Simeon Ajibola     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abubakar Aliagan     Lafiagi     Henry Makinwa     Razaq Atunwa     Umar Ayinla Saro     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Ilorin West     Turaki     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Obuh     Jimoh Akani     Shade Omoniyi     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Jimoh Bashir     Abatemi-Usman     Tunji Oyawoye     Edret Sabi Abel     Young Progressives Party     Tunde Saad     Mustapha Olanipekun     Magaji Are     Grillo     Pilgrims Board     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Apaokagi     Yahya Mohammed     MMWG     Shettima Of Ilorin     Femtech     Zainab Abass     Ahmed     CELF     Rapheal Ashaolu     Samuel Adedoyin     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Abubakar Baba     Kayode Yusuf     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Kwara State Television     Monthly Sanitation     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     John Kehinde Salako     NTA Ilorin     Salman Jawondo     Hussein Olokooba     Yomi Adeboye     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Playing Host     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Mubarak Oladosu     Sheikh Alimi     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Raji AbdulRasaq     Trader Moni     Abdulfatai Ahmed