He spoke on today during the World Teachers’ Day celebration in Ilorin.
He further stated that workers and teachers, in particular, were the worst hit of Nigeria’s current economic recession.
He also criticized government’s inability to match its words with action. He said that “a case in point is the Federal Government’s decision to recruit 500,000 graduates into the public schools, whereas there are enough educationally inclined
graduates without job”.
The NUT boss added that “Primary school teachers in Kwara State have enjoyed uninterrupted payment of salaries before May 2015. However, since then, primary
school teachers are being owed months of unpaid salaries. As I speak, teachers are being owed five- month salary.”
He urged the Federal Government to assume the responsibility of funding primary education, “since the finance of the LGs are over-stressed and cannot cope
with such responsibilities.” His suggestion will however, amount to a breach of Nigeria's federalism.
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