Jigawa NUT Reminds Govt On Over 32,000 Teachers Gap, Welfare - Officials

Jigawa NUT Reminds Govt On Over 32,000 Teachers Gap, Welfare

By Salisu K Ismail 

Nigerian Union of Teachers ,(NUT) Jigawa state has set a reminder to the Jigawa state government on the lingering gap of over 32,000 teachers that leave the pen services as result of retirement, deaths or changed of cadres without replacement.

The teachers also called for an improvement of their welfare and enabling working environment for an effective services delivery in the state.

According to the report, the rate of alarming teachers gap in Jigawa state exceeded 32,000, as there are over 270 public schools across the state with only one teacher per school.

Speaking during the celebration of 2023 World Teachers Day held at Aminu Kano Triangle, Dutse capital, NUT State Chairman, Comrade Abdulkadir Yunusa stated that, teachers are currently passing through must difficult time as a result of fuel subsidy removal which made the economic situation in the country very intense, the price of all commodities and food items increased with over 50 percent while the salary remain poor.

However, Comrade Yunusa, urged Jigawa state government to as a matter of urgent start preparing for the payment of six month wage award, provide soft loan and palliatives to the teachers and other working class in the state.

"We are also calling on the state government to came up with Public Mass Transit Program to help in reducing the huge burden on teachers and general public emanated from the fuel subsidy removal," he begged.

The NUT chairman than described the recent engagement of 1,000 temporary teachers which made numbers of the temporary teachers to 5,500 in the state as a step forward, particularly with the promised made by Governor on absorbing them to permanent  in a nearest time.