Comrade Rodney Nathan, the Chairman of Adamawa State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has lamented over non-promotion of primary school teachers of Adamawa State in the last 13years.
This shocking revelation was made by the Adamawa Chairman at the Mahmud Ribadu Square in Yola where the state NUT marked the World Teachers Day on Saturday.
He lamented that “within the same 13years, “no leave transport grant, annual increment and upgrading of teachers were affected. This had seriously affected the morale of the teachers and should be redressed with sense of urgency to save the education sector.
He however commended the administration of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of always promptly paying workers’ salaries and for other changes the administration has made since coming to be in May this year.
He said, “We also want to commend you and your government for your wise decision to increase five years of service for science and English teachers across primary and post-primary schools and for paying post-primary school teachers their leave transport grant.”
In his own speech, the Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Crowther Seth, who represented Governor Ahmadu Fintiri at the World Teachers Day celebration in Yola, said the government would always strive to address the complaints of teachers.
He added that the government is sensitive to the need for teachers to be encouraged to give their best for effective education delivery, which is a priority of the government.
He said, “In line with our campaign promise, education is receiving our priority attention. That is why we have declared free education at the primary and secondary school levels.”
However, the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said the state government would begin the implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000 from this month.
The Governor said the decision was predicated on the need to improve the living standard of workers, especially teachers to be able to deliver the best and reposition the state to its pride of place as the education nerve centre of the country.
