Pay our salary arrears, or face strike- NUT
The 19 states owing backlog of salary arrears of teachers have been given 30 days to pay up, or face the prospect of an idefinite strike.
At the NEC meeting held at Teachers House, Ibadan, the states named are;
Benue-10 months
Ekiti and Cross River-6 months
Kogi, has been paying half salaries since 2013 and owes 15 months
Ondo-5 months
Taraba- 4 months
Niger, Delta,Oyo- 3 months
Abia- 4 months
Osun,23 months of half salaries
Nasarawa,half salary for 18 months
Plateau, half salary since 2010
Adamawa, four months, Bayelsa eight and a half months
Imo (paying 70% monthly salary, Kwara owes four months
Borno, yet to pay minimum wage
Zamfara (yet to implement national minimum wage).
“We hereby give a 30-day ultimatum to all the above-mentioned states to pay all outstanding salaries being owed teachers. They will soon collect another Paris Club money and we hope they will pay all the backlog of salary arrears.” ” If any State fails to pay up within this stipulated time, we shall converge again and give a notice of action. There is going to be total disconnect between us and such governments”


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