The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended Governor Peter Mbah for showing concern for the welfare of teachers by extending the minimum wage to primary school teachers after several years of waiting.
The state’s chairman of NUT, Theophilus Nweke, told journalists in Enugu Tuesday that Mbah had also shown readiness to pay wage awards to teachers and resolve the three-year minimum wage faceoff with the past administration.
“This administration has demonstrated its commitment to our welfare, thus why should we embark on any protest? Does that make any sense to anyone? What exactly should be the reason for the protest?
“As a union, we have laid down procedures of pressing home our demands and we have judiciously followed them. These approaches are yielding the required results. Calling for outright protest has never been part of it and we won’t promote such.
“The five-point requests we made to the governor are receiving adequate attention. Four have already been implemented and the fifth one is underway,” Nweke said.
