By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
Primary school teachers in Niger state have been directed to resume sit-at-home if their December salaries are paid on percentage.
Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Niger state wing, Comrade Akayago Adamu Mohammed, gave the directive in an interview shortly after the opening ceremony of the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NUT Endwell Micro Finance Bank Limited.
Comrade Akayago Adamu Mohammed maintained that primary school teachers after working tirelessly will no longer collect monthly salaries on percentage, a development, he said, is against the labor laws.
There is nọ clause in the labor law that says or stipulates that salaries of workers, teachers in particular should be paid on percentage by any government, be it federal, state or local government, for whatsoever reason or due to economic crisis.
He lamented that for the past five months, primary school teachers across Niger state have been receiving their salaries on percentage, this the NUT chairman observed, had negatively affected them, making it difficult for them to meet the needs of their families.
If there is no positive response from the Niger state govẹrnment by the end of this month (December 2021), the NUT chairman said his members in primary schools will have no choice than to sit at home until their demands for a 100 percent payment of their salaries are met. NNL.
