Primary school teachers in Cross River State on Wednesday shunned resumption over unpaid four months salaries owed them by the government.

Punch NG report that Pupils in the primary and secondary schools across the state were supposed to resume for the 2016/2017 session on Wednesday, after the long summer holidays.

But while teachers in the secondary schools resumed for duties, their colleagues in primary schools shunned work, due to the inability of the state government to pay their four months salaries before the holiday elapsed.

Our correspondent, who visited few primary schools in Calabar South and Calabar Municipal local government areas observed that pupils were turned back home.

“This strike was necessitated by the fact that the government cannot expect us to work for free when we have responsibilities to take care of. All of these mean that the primary school system in the state will suffer and this should ordinarily not be the case,” a teacher in one of the primary schools, who claimed anonymity said.

The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mr. Eyo-Nsa Itam, confirmed that all primary school teachers across the state were asked to stay off duty to press for the payment.

When contacted, the state Commissioner for Education, Mr. Goddy Etta, said the teachers would resume on Monday as efforts were ongoing to pay the salaries.

madridguy:
Ok

seapson:
I av every reason to blame Buhari even b4 reading diz post

Pvin:
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seacoast:
Empty treasury how can you type just (.) in this ur plot of land. Cast out any spirit of Empty treasury in ur life. Lol

Pvin:



Person no de buy land before building 4 ur area ?

veekid:
[size=16pt]any state government that refused to pay worker's salary in his or her state is officially wicked [/size]

SweetBoyFriend:
Buhari
You will never go unpunished

goldedprince:
I thought they said crs governor pays even before end of the month

Sunnymatey:
Ye he kept to his promised by paying state workers b/w 25th and ending but left the LG workers out of the package.