As the World Today marks Teachers’ Day, a day set aside to recognize, evaluate, and enhance the status of teachers around the globe, and also resolve problems relating to teachers and education, the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Mike Ike-Ene has called on state governors that owe teachers’ salary arrears, to use their remaining months in office to pay it off.
Ike-Ene who said that the new teachers’ retirement age from 60 to 65 years and 35 to 40 years of service had attained 90 percent implementation, lamented over the inability and irregularities of some states to pay their salaries as at when due, following the current economic situation in the country.
The theme for this year’s celebration is The transformation of education begins with teachers.
