NUT opposes handing over payment of primary school teachers' salaries to LG,

The Nigerian Union of Teachers in Ebonyi state have opposed the handing over of the payment of primary teacher’s salaries to the local Government.

The Ebonyi State Teachers Association have made it clear that they are not in support of the handing over and that the Government should respect the law passed by the supreme court in 2012.

During the protest, the National Deputy President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Comrade Kevin Nwachukwu, addressed the teachers and urged the Government to have a rethink on the matter.

He said” We do not want the payment of salaries of primary school teachers to be joined with the autonomy that will be granted the local governments. The Supreme Court judgment of 2012 made it very clear that the management of primary schools is in the hands of state governments”

The Ebonyi NUT chairman, Mr. Simon Ozo, also made a statement concerning the issue, he said, “The plan if allowed to sail through will pose serious threat to the foundation of education in Nigeria, and every genuine and bold attempt must be made by education loving Nigerians to rescue and save primary education from imminent collapse”

“We do not want the payment of salaries of our primary school teachers to be joined in the autonomy that will be granted the local government”

“We know the excesses of our local government chairmen and their administration, they will not remember the teachers, they will prefer to marry new wives, build new houses, buy new cars and take care of their girlfriends rather than pay our salaries”, Ozo added.