KWARA STATE TEACHERS TO GET NEW MINIMUM WAGE SOON -NLC, STAKEHOLDERS 05-10-24
By Sadiq Aminu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kwara state says efforts are ongoing with other stakeholders to ensure implementation of the new minimum wage in the state.
Speaking at this year’s World Teachers Day celebration in Ilorin, the state NLC chairman, Comrade Muritala Olayinka, said that “the committee set up by the state government is working round the clock to ensure that the new minimum wage is implemented.
He urged teachers in the state to exercise a little patience. adding that at the end of the day the committee would come out with something tangible that will make everybody smile.
In a remark the Chairman, Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Professor Shehu Adaramaja, said that teachers would be taken care of in the new minimum wage.
Represented by Alhaji Abdullatef Solagberu, Professor Adaramaja said that “a committee has been inaugurated by the state government and the NUT has been adequately represented.
He explained that despite the Federal Government inability to come out with clear-cut modalities for the payment, as soon as approval is given, teachers will be adequately taken care of.
Earlier in his address , the state NUT Chairman, Yusuf Agboola, praised the state government for prompt payment of teachers salaries and the recent approval of 2023 and 2024 promotion.
Agboola hinted that teacher in the state still face the challenges of “incorrect implementation of 27.5 percent teachers specific allowance (TSA) for teachers in TRCN certificated and 21 percent of non TRCN certificated teachers among others.