LAGOS CHAPTER OF NUT URGES GOVERNMENT TO PAY OUTSTANDING TEACHERS ALLOWANCE The Lagos State wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), on Monday, pleaded with the Lagos State Government to pay the outstanding 11 per cent of the teachers allowance. The NUT State chairman, Mr Segun Raheem, said in an interview with in Lagos, that teachers were agitating for the long-expected allowance. Raheem said that members were still hopeful following governments repeated promises to pay the outstanding 11 per cent of the Teachers Specific Allowance (TSA). The chairman said that though teachers were happy and anxious about the promise, they are pleading with state government to fast-track the payment. ``When government says that they will pay very soon, I believe that their very soon is now, he said. Raheem said that after some agitation and petitions written to the government, a Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) comprising of some government and Labour officials was set up to handle the issue. ``The JNC is established by law and is comprised of labour and government officials, to look into the review of the welfare of workers. ``It was at the meeting of the JNC that a committee was set up to look into the financial implication of our agitation. ``They said the outcome of the committee would determine how it would be embedded into this year’s budget. ``We want to believe that it was based on this that the government has promised to pay the remaining TSA scheme, very soon. ``The NUT is a professional organisation by calling; we want to hold His Excellency to his word because
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:47:29 +0000
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