While the state workers in Kogi state were just paid December and January Salaries, primary school teachers in the state would be having a bleak Sallah as they are yet unpaid by the government.
The last time they were paid a paltry 20% salary was February, 2019 with unpaid backlogs that may have been forgotten by the government, Ebira Reporters learnt.
After their payment was transferred from the Ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs to the State Universal Basic Education Authority Board (SUBEB) on Wednesday May 9th 2018, the teachers had hoped for a change in what they described as oppression, but life got more miserable for them.
Even while local government workers rejected the percentage salaries recently paid them, their counterparts under the local government education authority would manage the percentage for Sallah celebration if they were not left out.
Recall that the Joint Action Union (JAC) of Local Government workers in Kogi State have rejected the 25 and 30 percent salary paid to local government workers by the state government.
The union which consists of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Medical and health workers union of Nigeria ( MHWUN), Nigeria union of Pensioners (NUP) and the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) made this known at the end of their state administrative council meeting held in Lokoja on Saturday.
"If they have forgotten that we exist, they should be reminded that we are humans too, and the standard of education will continue to go down if we are not motivated. As it is now, we are really suffering, just as some of our colleagues who could not afford their medical bills had died," said a teacher who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Kogi State Government had in a defense blamed percentage payment of salaries on the excess of wagebill over allocation received.

Fanwo on twitter posted,
"Kogi LGAs- 45,000 staff
Salaries - #3.8 billion
Monthly allocation- #2.5 billion
Reason for % payments
Improved IGR needed"
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