The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kwara State says primary school teachers in the state will embark on strike on Monday to protest the non-payment of their four months’ salary arrears.

Chairman of the union, Musa Abubakar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaiama, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The strike action will begin just when schools are expected to resume from their first term holiday.

Abubakar said that the union could no longer guarantee industrial harmony in the state following the non-payment of their salary arrears.

He said that the primary school teachers in the state had been loyal and dedicated to duty in spite of the failure of the government to pay them salaries for months.

"I want to believe they have tried. If the members of the National Assembly are not paid for four months, I doubt if you will see anybody in the red or green chambers.

"So for us to have worked for four months without pay, I think the teachers have tried and that is why we told the government that we cannot guarantee any industrial harmony again.

"We cannot guarantee any teacher going to class on Monday to teach with an empty stomach except the problem is addressed," he said.

He explained that the union would start a sit-at-home strike action beginning on Monday to press home its demand.

According to him, workers from other sectors will soon join in the strike action in the spirit of solidarity.

The NUT leader criticised the state government for creating a dichotomy between primary schools teachers and their counterparts in the secondary schools.

He claimed that a Supreme Court judgment in 2002 had made state governments responsible for the management and funding of primary schools in the country.

"It is just unfortunate that a situation like this revolves around primary school teachers in the country. I want to say without mincing words that if that trend should continue, the primary school system will soon collapse," the union leader stated.

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For christ sake this is nt fair..hw can you owe someone salary for 4months knowing fully well that they have families to fend for..Smh

Serious problem in Kwara State. The nupes are presently killing their men, raping their girls and burning houses....Civil Servant State.

And Abdulfatah isn't doing anything about it, upon receiving the bail out..... And saraki is from Kwara state as well.....

Why won't there be boko haram?
Why won't there be high records of under-educated citizens when our politicians don't care about us?

and Saraki is from Kwara...

and Saraki son want to be governor in 2019...

and Saraki laundered 300 million naira through beureu de change to bribe justice..

and Kwara State Goverment collects bail out

and where is EFCC to probe bail out fund to Kwara...

and Saraki and fatai are theives in APC clothes and Uniform

Buhari Act fast before wailers take control

Maximillian1:
For christ sake this is nt fair..hw can you owe someone salary for 4months knowing fully well that they have families to fend for..Smh

Bro Taraba players were owed more than that and the world didn't come to an end.. it isn't fair sha

TheAziz:

Bro Taraba players were owed more than that and the world didn't come to an end.. it isn't fair sha

guy must you relate everything to football Anyhw sha..hw far

Maximillian1:
guy must you relate everything to football Anyhw sha..hw far

lol
ur boy dey loyal na

pls push this thing to front page,to see the clear picture why Bukola Saraki was stoned at the Eid praying ground .

Only God will help us in this country