Kaduna: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna chapter, has praised State Governor Sen. Uba Sani for reinstating some teachers who were dismissed by the previous administration.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, the State NLC chairman, Mr. Ayuba Suleiman, expressed this commendation while addressing members of the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists (NGIJ), who are currently in the state for a Governance Assessment visit. Suleiman highlighted that the former Kaduna governor, Nasir el-Rufai, had terminated the employment of more than 23,000 teachers, including the then National President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), between 2018 and 2021.
Suleiman noted that the current administration has reinstated head teachers, administrative staff, and science teachers affected by the mass dismissal. He emphasized that the process of rectifying the previous government’s actions is ongoing.
On the matter of the new minimum wage, Suleiman revealed that the governor has approved a N72,000 minimum wage for workers on grade levels 1-7, which has already been implemented. He acknowledged the governor’s swift action regarding the new wage policy.
Discussions are currently underway concerning the consequential adjustments for senior staff, with the state government needing over N1.2 billion monthly to fully implement the new wage structure. Additionally, Suleiman lauded the governor for deploying 20 buses to offer free transportation to workers and students as a measure to alleviate the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.
