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Teachers across 15 states are yet to enjoy the N30,000 minimum wage increase since President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Minimum Wage Act into law.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) says teachers in states such as Abia, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Gombe, Niger, Borno, Sokoto, Anambra, Imo, Benue, Taraba, and Zamfara are yet to enjoy the agreed minimum wage even after the third year of the Act being passed into law.
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According to the union, only 15 states which are Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers State including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are paying the implemented minimum wage to primary and secondary school teachers.
Some states such as Kogi and Cross River are partially paying the new wage while Kaduna and Yobe have gone back to the previous wage of N18,000.
President Muhammadu Buhari signed the wage increment of N30,000 into law in 2019 after much pressure from Organised Labour.
The Union threatens to embark on a strike until the wage increment is fully implemented in all states.
Source: The Nation