Kogi Teachers Appeal To Gov.Yahaya Bello To Pay Salary

– Kogi teachers in public primary and junior secondary schools called on Governor Yahaya Bello to solve the issue of unpaid salaries

– They also complained about the refusal of the state government to fully implement the N18,000 minimum wage to teachers

– The communique urged the Government to put a stop to the payment of 35 to 50 per cent salary to its members

 

Teachers in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kogi State have called on Governor Yahaya Bello to solve the issue of non-payment of their salary for the past eight to 39 months.

The Kogi teachers made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the Basic Education Staff Association of Nigeria (BASAN) held in Lokoja, the state capital on Monday.

The communique, jointly signed by Onotu Yahaya and Mohammed Sule, Acting Chairman and Secretary of the Kogi State chapter of BESAN.

They also complained about the refusal of the state government to fully implement the N18,000 minimum wage to teachers in the basic education sector.

Messrs Onotu and Sule stated that their counterparts in the senior secondary school cadre and other state government staff had been enjoying the N18,000 minimum wage since December 2011, wondering why teaching and non-teaching staff at the basic education sector were not being fully paid.

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The communique urged the Government to put a stop to the payment of 35 to 50 per cent salary to its members, insisting that they deserved full payment of salary like other workers in the state.

“Several of the basic education staff retirees are yet to access their monthly pensions besides non-payment of their gratuity,” the statement said.