No World Teachers’ Day Celebration In Kogi Due to Unpaid Salaries, Hunger – ASUSS Chairman
Kogi State chairman Academic Staff Union of Secondary School (ASUSS), Comrade Ranti Mathew Ojo has bemoaned the condition of teachers in the state occasioned by unpaid salaries. Speaking with newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday, Ojo said teachers in Kogi will not be celebrating the World Teachers’ Day slated for 5th October 2018 because of the prevailing issues of unpaid salaries and the hardship in the state. The labour leader said teachers are hungry and demoralized with the current situation on ground. Ojo who doubles as the Kogi State Chairman Trade Union Congress (TUC) noted that Teachers in Kogi State now find it difficult to feed their families daily as they are owned not less than six months to 20 months salaries. “If you ask the teachers to come to Lokoja from all the 21 local government areas from their various schools, they can’t even afford it because salaries have not been paid. The economy does not permit us to organize any meeting or celebrate the 2018 World Teachers’ Da...