The Chairman of Kuje Area Council, FCT, Mr Abdullahi Sabo, has said he was not responsible for the ongoing primary school teachers strike of the Local Education Authority (LEA) in the area.
Sabo, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Kuje, said education had always been his administration’s top priority.
He attributed the strike to abnormalities in the employment of some teachers by the previous administration in 2018 that employed unqualified teachers without cash backing.
Sabo revealed that vacancies declared for recruitment of primary school teachers was only 90, but the previous administration ended up employing over 1,000 teachers without any budgetary provisions.
He, however, assured that was addressing the abnormalities in the recruitment so that the teachers would get their entitlements and arrears.
Sabo said “we will ensure that abnormalities are addressed for the betterment of our children’s education in Kuje.
“These are things we want to check, correct and put in perspective,” he said.
Meanwhile the Teachers’ Union Chairman, Mr Lucky Audu has listed the demands of the union to include the payment of salaries for 2018 recruited teachers whose salaries were abruptly stopped by the council chairman in September 2022.
“Submission of the agreed template of payment of LEA teacher’s arrears to the JAAC Secretariat and continuation of the payment to concerned teachers.
“Payment of salary to 2022 reabsorbed teachers, who have been working through January to December 2022 without salary.”
The teachers began an indefinite str
