ENUGU TEACHERS LAUD GOVERNOR MBAH OVER MINIMUM WAGE PAYMENT.

The Enugu State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT has expressed profound gratitude to the state government for showing honest concern for the welfare of teachers in the state, including the extension of the state’s minimum wage to primary school teachers after several years of waiting.

The teachers also noted that Governor PETER MBAH’s administration had in about nine months in office met four of the five-point demands the union presented to him on assumption of office.

The union, which also dismissed a purported plan by some mischief-makers to incite teachers’protest, added that there was no basis whatsoever for such, as MBAH had restored hope in a time of economic crisis. 

Chairman of the Enugu State NUT, THEOPHILUS NWEKE, who stated this while briefing journalists in Enugu, said the Governor had demonstrated readiness to wipe away the tears of the teachers by not only paying wage awards to teachers in addition to their salaries since December 2023 but also resolving the three-year minimum wage faceoff with the previous administration.

He called on the teachers to reciprocate the governor’s gestures through total dedication to their duties and not render themselves as willing tools to mischief-makers or any group seeking cheap popularity