Senator Sani petitions Senate on behalf of unpaid teachers in Kaduna

Senator Sani petitions Senate on behalf of unpaid teachers in Kaduna

- Kaduna state teachers has petitioned the Senate over unpaid salary

- The petition was raised by Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna state chapter, at the Wednesday, February 21, plenary session of the Nigerian Senate raised a petition against the state government over their unpaid salary arrears.

The petition was raised by Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central senatorial district.

The Kaduna state government under the administration of Nasir El-Rufai has been in a battle with the state NUT for a while.

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Trouble started between the governor and the state teachers when the governor announced the termination of the appointments of 22,000 teachers who failed a competency test.

Legit.ng previously reported that the Kaduna state government has commenced the screening exercise for more than 22,000 fresh teachers in view of their deployment to public primary schools throughout the state.

This move by the state government was done to resolve the controversy that arose from sacking the unqualified teachers who failed a competency test in 2017.

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According to the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), this is part of the state government’s effort to equip all schools with competent and qualified teachers so as to provide quality education and learning to pupils in the state.

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Source: Legit.ng

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