The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has decried the non-payment of up to 11 months’ salary arrears in various local government areas of the state, saying it was one of the impediments to the teaching profession at the local government level.
The state chairman of the NUT, Audu T. Amba, at an event to mark the World Teachers’ Day in Kaduna yesterday, lamented the delay in payment of LGEA teachers’ salaries for up to two weeks after their colleagues at the state are paid.



According to him, another impediment to teaching and teacher empowerment is the outstanding payment of balance of leave grants for 2015 and non-payment for 2016.

“For 2016, teachers don’t even know their fate yet. 10percent of teachers’ salaries is deducted monthly and paid to them as their leave grants at the end of the year, so it is a right and not a privilege. Also, training and re-training of teachers, especially primary school teachers are not being adequately addressed,” he said.

The teachers also complained of congestion in classrooms with inadequate furniture to cater for the number of pupils in public schools.

Teachers in public secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State on Monday began an indefinite strike action over job security and welfare issues. The strike was called by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT).

The government on Sunday threatened to sack any teacher that joined the strike. In some of the schools in Kaduna metropolis only security guards were noticed in the premises as students and teachers remain at home. At LGEA Primary School Mahuta and Unguwan Boro only security guards were at the premises while the classrooms were under lock and key. One of the security guards told NAN that no teacher had resumed, adding that some of the pupils went home after hanging around with no teacher to attend to them.

The Kaduna State government, ruled by Mukhtar Ramalan Yero states that the present administration inherited huge debts taken by past administrations since 1965. Kaduna State government says that as on December 31, 2013, the estimated debt is N37.5billion. Speaking at a briefing held in Kaduna Sama’ila Aliyu, the State Commissioner of Finance, announced that the state was working tirelessly to offset the debts.

The Commissioner of Finance notes that the loans do not form part of the debt relief from Paris and London Club which Nigeria enjoyed in 2006. The state loans are from multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, International Development Bank, IDA, and Africa Development Bank, AFDB. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Debt Rises To N8.32tn Aliyu stressed: “In 2006 there was reconciliation and sharing of debt obtained as far back as 1965 between the new Kaduna State and Katsina State"

According to him, the actual balances outstanding against Kaduna State were USD84, 995,475.13. Only second to Lagos without far less economic output. But over the years subsequent administration in the state continued to borrow from these financial institution for various infrastructural development projects amounted to USD185,968,750.26.

Despaceman15:
Uve Not finished paying those ur owing IN d teaching industry, is to adopt Finland's method n pay more..

WehDonSire

Laveda:
El Rufai, The Governor of Kaduna state Wrote;

“Our model for education is Finland �� ; a country with the world’s best school system. In Kaduna, we intend to pay teachers higher than normal civil service salaries because we believe in education. We are going to get the best and brightest people to the teaching profession.”

More here;

http://orjisblog.com.ng/2018/01/12/kaduna-adopts-foreign-education-system-to-pay-teachers-more-el-rufai/

eleojo23:
Will the people appreciate it?
They may choose "almajirism" instead.

three:
Quite Sad!

You can fool some people some time and in Nigeria you can fool some people ALL of the time!

F-I-N-L-A-N-D!!!!!

It does appear that these guy makes up the lies as he goes along.