NANS gives Suswam 7-
day ultimatum over
unpaid teachers’ salary

Worried by the non-payment of teachers’ salaries
and other civil servants in Benue State, the
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS,
has issued the state governor a seven-day
ultimatum to pay up all outstanding salaries
owed teachers and other workers in the state or
face mass protest.
In this vein, NANS said it had concluded plans to
relocate its secretariat to Makurdi, the state
capital, to demand payment of all outstanding
salaries before May 29 hand-over date.
It would be recalled that the lingering issue of
non-payment of salaries in the state resulted to
closure of public primary schools for nine
months.
NANS in a statement signed by its president,
Comrade Tijani Usman, said the move became
imperative to save education and the plight of
students in the state and nation in general.
It wondered why Gov Suswam would continue to
pay a deaf ear to issues of education in spite of
its importance to the development of individuals
and the nation.
“Gov. Suswam has unequivocally demonstrated
his revulsion for educational development over
time. As chairman of presidential committee set
up by the President Jonathan administration to
negotiate with the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, over the protracted industrial
actions, Suswam handled the issue with kid
gloves resulting to his removal before a head way
was made.
“He equally handled the State University ASUU
chapter disagreements with arrogance when he
shamefully ordered that the school’s gate be shot
and keys handed over to him,” the statement read
in part.
NANS maintained that it would in few days
mobilise its members from across the country for
a protest in the state to make its position known,
stressing that “injustice to one is injustice to all;
therefore, NANS will in few days from now
mobilize all its members in all the higher
institutions in the country for a solidarity protest
with our comrades in Benue State. Enough is
enough…”

nan

Counting down to May 29, this present administration has signed out.

rexbuton:
nan

NANS

Stupid sell out association

That governor that has few weeks left, too late