Following the retrenchment of 2,414 teachers by the Kwara state government under the service of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), the Kwara branch of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has expressed dismay over the act, calling it unbelievable.
The teachers who were employed by the immediate past administration were retrenched in an exercise tagged ‘sunset workers’, for allegedly being unqualified as teachers, a claim that was disputed by Organised Labour.
In a statement on Wednesday, signed by its chairman, Alhaji Issa Ore, the union said that the decision to sack that large number of workers was too harsh on the affected people, their families, and dependents. They maintained that their sack had already created a vacuum in the classrooms, which is also not good for the development of education.
The union argued that by rescinding its decision, the government would reduce the rate of unemployment in the state while commending it further for the immediate payment of seven months salary arrears to 594 of the sacked teachers, whose entitlements were withheld since June.
