The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Benue State Wing, has given the state government 48 hours to pay all the arrears of consolidated enhanced allowances removed from their May and June 2023 salaries, among other demands, or face a state-wide protest and eventual strike.
The NUT made this known in a communique after its emergency State Wing Executive Council meeting in Makurdi on Monday.
The communique was signed by the State Chairman, Comrade Terna Akuma and the State Acting Secretary, Comrade Jeremiah Ochonu.
The union, which decried the nature of payment of May and June 2023 salaries to primary school teachers in the state, urged the Fr Hyacinth Alia administration to restore all the promotions of teachers it reversed and direct the payment of their arrears within the stipulated time.
It accused the administration of carrying out a massive demotion of all teachers on salary grade levels, which they have been enjoying since their last promotion of 2021 and the implementation in February 2022.
It also rejected the removal of consolidated enhanced allowances for all professional teachers totaling 27% for all grade levels 7-16 which was approved by Nigeria Governors’ Forum In 2008 and implemented in Benue State in
January, 2010.
It tasked the Benue State Government to release the names of all those removed from the Payment Vouchers of May and June, 2023 for clarity.
The teachers, however, vowed to embark on a peaceful protest in all the 23 local government areas of the state should the Benue State Government fail to meet their demands within the given time, adding that they will proceed on an indefinite industrial action until all the demands are fully met.
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