By Stanley Onyekwere
The Chairman, Nigerian Union of Teacher, (NUT), FCT wing, Comrade Dr. Stephen Knabayi has disclosed the payment of their promotion arrears, by the FCT Administration after months of persistent demand.
Dr. Kinabayi, who made this disclosure in a telephone conversation in Abuja, said the union succeeded in getting its demands and the money was paid on Thursday, 6th January, 2022.
While revealing that the administration has since cleared the the promotion Arrears of 2017, Kinabayi noted that the one that was settled now, after their meeting with the Permanent Secretary, was the promotion Arrears of 2018.
According to him, “The union had a closed door meeting with the Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA that lasted for several hours, while the union insisted, demanding for the promotion arrears, it was eventually paid”.
“After a meeting with the Permanent Secretary on the 2018 promotion arrears, we expected this money before now. And now they saw the need to release it. Its all the arrears of 2018. You know the teachers are in two fold.
“You know we have teachers from the secondary School and teachers from the primary Schools. So the payment is for the teachers in the Secondary Schools and we are still discussing with the Area Council Chairmen to see the need of paying for that of LEA teachers, “ he said.
It could be recalled that the union under the leadership of Comrade Stephen Knabayi has been demanding payment of outstanding promotion arrears of teachers.
