NUT decries Niger govt’s withholding of teachers’ benefits
08 May 2024 |
2:30 am
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger State wing, has expressed worry over the continued refusal of the state government to issue an Executive Order for the implementation of 65 years of retirement age and 40 years of service for teacher...
Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger State wing, has expressed worry over the continued refusal of the state government to issue an Executive Order for the implementation of 65 years of retirement age and 40 years of service for teachers, as well as some wide range of challenges affecting its members.
The Chairman, Adamu Akayago, observed while delivering his keynote at the opening of a three-day NUT study circle workshop for State Wing Executive Council members, at the NUT Secretariat, Minna.
Akayago also highlighted that stagnation/non-implementation of promotions and yearly increments for teachers in the basic education sector, and the delayed payment of primary school teachers were among the challenges confronting the development of the teaching profession in the state.
Represented by the Deputy State Chairman, Abdulmumini Shehu, the chairman noted that the study circle project was an important project of the union, primarily established to enlighten and educate members on the rudiments of leadership as it affects the operational activities of the union and other contemporary issues that affect teachers and the education system at large.
The NUT boss, however, enjoined the participants to exhibit a high sense of decorum and make maximum use of the opportunity to listen attentively to all the presentations that would come their way during all the sessions.
The workshop was in collaboration with the Lärarförbundet International Trade Union Education Study Circle.National Coordinator, NUT Study Circle Project, Solomon Igbelowowa, explained that the workshop was to train teachers to achieve the best in everything they do, including unionism.
He said, “We have other unions, but NUT believes that we should be practising it better than other unions because we are teachers and are the people who should be teaching others. For us to get it right and better, we need to train both our leaders and members.”
Igbelowowa stated that the NUT Study Circle Project, which started about three years ago, had trained teachers in no fewer than 28 states, promising that in the next three months, the remaining states would be covered. Participants were drawn from the 25 local councils of Niger.
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