“When I heard that the primary section did not resume on Monday, I had to call the chairman of the ALGON and the NUT chairman.”
“Politics of ethnicity, religion will never be a barrier and has no place in Kogi, therefore, you should desist from any comments that can put you in trouble tomorrow, ” he warned.
Members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) are protesting unpaid salaries owed them by the previous administration.
The speaker added that the importance of the teaching profession can be more appreciated with an understanding that through it, other professions are born.
Teachers in Enugu State on Wednesday demanded full implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage from the state government.
The situation is said to be more pathetic in schools in the rural communities where most of the primary schools were located.