ADELEKE ADESANYA
Despite the raging COVID19 second wave in the country, Nigeria Union of Teachers, says its members are ready to resume work nationwide, except in states owing them several months of salary arrears.
The organisation expressed confidence in efforts aimed at defeating COVID-19 in their various work places, saying its members had mastered the precaution as needed.
Secretary-General of NUT, Mike Ene, said the workers had spent several months at home, hence the need to resume as necessary.
“Yes, we will want to resume. Why not, if not? I don’t think anything will make us not resume. We are ready, but the places where we will not resume are in states where government is owing workers, especially states where government is owing four months to any set of workers, either primary and secondary schools. We have asked our teachers to stay at home in such states”, he said.
He added that, “Besides that, we are very ready. Don’t forget that during COVID-19, we wasted about five months at home. So, I don’t think anything now will make us not to resume. Even though there is this second wave, as teachers, we have known how to take precautions.
“As I speak, I cannot quote the states that owe because we just started collecting the data, we have just written all the states to tell us the details about payment.”