The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to implement welfare packages approved for teachers by his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari since 2020.
The National President of the union, Comrade Audu Amba made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
Amba said five years after the Federal Government promised to implement special salary structure and other welfare packages for teachers, the promises had remained unfulfilled.
According to him, the unfulfilled promises is partly responsible for the broader challenges affecting teachers’ morale, productivity, and well-being.
He, then, called on the federal and state governments to ensure full implementation of the approved incentives in order to boost the morale of teachers in the discharge of their professional duties.
He listed some of the incentives to include, payment of Special Salary Scale for teachers in basic and secondary, reintroduction of bursary award to education students in universities and colleges of education.
Others are, Special Teachers Pension Scheme to enable the teaching profession retains its experienced talents as well as extended teachers’ retirement age to 65 years, among other incentives.
“There are so many incentives that are attached to it; housing units for teachers, allowances for science teachers and students reading education courses.
“Our former President, Muhammadu Buhari took a bold step to approve all these things for us.
“We have been writing, we have been talking, we have been advocating, but none has been implemented.
“It will interest you to know that in almost all our teachers’ day messages and other forums that we normally engage with government, we passed these messages.
“We are appealing to President Tinubu to take another bold step in implementing these welfare packages because government is continuum,” he said
“Amba, however, appreciated teachers for their courage and sacrifices in the face of daunting challenges, and charged them to continue to uphold the ideals of the profession.
NAN recalled that in commemoration of the 2020 World Teachers’ Day, the Buhari administration approved a special salary scale for basic and secondary schools teachers across the nation.
The government had also announced an increase in the number of service years for the teachers from 35 years to 40 years.
Also approved were construction of low-cost houses and special allowances for teachers in the rural areas, and peculiar allowance for science teachers
The packages also included, automatic admission into public schools with free tuition for biological children of teachers as well as automatic employment for Education graduates.
Also in the general packages for teachers was the provision of loan facilities for agriculture, housing, cars, motorcycles, among others
The Buhari government had explained that the implementation of the new teachers’ salary scheme and other packages would encourage the teachers in delivering better services.
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