NUT President hails Tinubu for improving lots of Nigerian teachers
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has vowed to mobilise its members in states that are yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage in the country.
The NUT, however, hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for bettering the lots of teachers in the country, adding that: “Tinubu’s government is really trying for teachers. We will continue to appeal to him that we have good economic situation for our members. We appreciate him and we wish he returns as President in the 2027 general elections.”
The NUT President, Audu T. Amba, stated this while fielding questions from journalists on the sideline of the 2026 Quadrennial (19th) State Delegates’ Conference in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Monday.
Represented by the National Social Secretary of the Union, Titilope Adebanjo, Comrade Amba urged Kwara State Governor Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to elongate the State’s teachers service years from 60 to 65 years.
Amba said: “Some States are yet to implement the recently approved minimum wage for our members. I will continue to appeal to them for its implementation.
“We have informed all the States that are yet to introduce the new wage to do so. We have informed the defaulting States that we will not stay aloof. We will mobilise our members so that governments of those States do the needful.
“We are appealing to them to implement the new minimum wage without further delay.”
On insecurity, NUT chief was optimistic that by next term, environments and surroundings of schools in security challenged areas would have been safe.
“We are aware that some schools were shut because of insecurity. I want to believe that by the time schools resume for another term, the issue of insecurity will have become a thing of the past.
“President Tinubu has allayed our fears. And the federal government has said that it is working day and night to make sure that not our schools, but our environment and surroundings are safe,” he added.
On his part, the Kwara State Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Yusuf Agboola, applauded the state government for regular payment of monthly salaries of teachers.
Others, according to him, are the “age-long salary arrears of over 350 percent owed State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) by preceding government have been paid; implementation of Teachers Specific Allowance (TSA) of 27.5 percent and 22 percent respectively,” among others.
