Kwara NUT Issues Final Reminder Over Unresolved Demands, Threatens Industrial Action

The Kwara State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued a final reminder to the state government over a series of unresolved demands affecting teachers in the state warning that continued silence from government may provoke industrial action.

The warning was contained in a letter by the State NUT addressed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq jointly signed by the State Chairman, Comrade Yusuf Wahab Agboola, and Principal Assistant Secretary-General, MONI Mike Modesty Itua, and a copy made available to Sobi FM.

The union said it was compelled to once again draw the attention of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to lingering welfare-related issues which, despite numerous appeals and diplomatic engagements, have remained unaddressed.

The Union said one of the major issues is the non-implementation of the 27.5% Teachers Specific Allowance (TSA) for SUBEB and TESCOM teachers with TRCN certification, and 21% TSA for teachers without TRCN certification.

The NUT also accused the government of failing to provide financial backing for the 2023 and 2024 promotions of TESCOM teachers, despite having issued promotion letters to the affected staff.

In addition, the NUT lamented the state government’s refusal to implement the 65-year retirement age or 40 years of service policy for teachers an initiative already adopted by no fewer than 21 other state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Also highlighted were the government’s failure to pay June 2023 stipends to teachers who rendered extra services during a modified work schedule for essential workers, and the exclusion of teachers from the November 2023 N10,000 palliative that was paid to other categories of workers in the state.

The NUT warned that the patience of teachers in the state was becoming “very inelastic,” adding that the government’s inaction could plunge the education sector into an avoidabl