Basic education school teachers in Kwara state will soon receive their one month salary arrears totaling 1.1 billion naira.
This is following Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed’s approval for the release of N1.9bn to the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), and local government councils.
Making the announcement in a statement issued in Ilorin Wednesday, the state’s Commissioner for Finance Demola Banu said Ahmed approved the release of the funds as “support for the local government councils and SUBEB following an additional revenue inflow into the state.”
Last October Kwara state was one of those that failed to accesscounterpart funds available through the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) grants.
Kwara teachers are still being owed varying number of months in salary arrears before this latest development. This had led to about three strikes by the teachers there.
Several media reports also show some infrastructural deficit in the schools across the state.
But while stressing that the payments will be made as from Wednesday, the commissioner said the governor chose to support local government council workers and basic education teachers with the funds instead of deploying it for infrastructure.
Banu said Governor Ahmed’s decision to prioritise workers’ welfare is based on his earlier pledge and his concern for their plight on account of salary arrears which he said were caused by the drop in federal allocation.
