The Nationwide President of the Nigeria Union of Lecturers (NUT), Comrade Audu Amba, has expressed deep concern over the purported defaulting of some states of the federation to implement cost of the N70,000 minimal wage to academics.
He subsequently stated the union would mobilise its members in opposition to such states with a purpose to compel implementation it with out additional delay.
Talking in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital Tuesday, throughout the quadrennial (nineteenth) state convention of delegates 2026 of the Kwara State Department of the NUT, the president stated that, “Some states are but to implement the not too long ago accredited minimal wage for our members and that is uncalled for”.
He stated: “I’ll proceed to enchantment to them for implementation of the cost in order to permit academics within the affected states to learn from the implementation.
“We’ve knowledgeable all of the states which might be but to introduce the brand new wage to take action.
“We’ve knowledgeable the defaulting states that we are going to not keep aloof. We’ll mobilise our members in order that governments of these states do the needful.
“We’re interesting to them to implement the brand new minimal wage with out additional delay.”
Represented by Nationwide Social Secretary of the union, Titilope Adebanjo, Comrade Amba additionally hailed President Bola Tinubu for bettering the lot of academics within the nation.
He stated that “Tinubu’s authorities is actually attempting for academics. We’ll proceed to enchantment to him that we’ve got good {economic} state of affairs for our members.
“We respect him and we want he returns as president.”
He additionally urged the Governor Abdulraman AbdulRazaq to elongate the academics service years from 60 to 65 years.
On insecurity, NUT President was optimistic that by subsequent time period environments and environment of faculties in safety challenged areas would have been safer.
“We’re conscious that some faculties have been shut due to insecurity. I wish to imagine that by the point faculties resume for an additional time period, the difficulty of insecurity can have grow to be a factor of the previous.
“President Tinubu has allayed our fears. And the federal authorities has stated it’s working day and night time to guarantee that not solely our faculties, however the environment and environment are protected,” he added.
Additionally, in his remarks on the occasion, the state chairman of NUT, Comrade Yusuf Agboola, applauded the state authorities for normal cost of month-to-month salaries of academics.
Others in response to him are the “age-long wage arrears of over 350 p.c owed State Common Primary Training Board (SUBEB) by pretending authorities have been paid; implementation of Lecturers Particular Allowance (TSA) of 27.5 p.c and 22 p.c respectively,” amongst others.
Hammed Shittu
Times Nigeria