The Punch: Governors and teachers’ new pay
By Punch Editorial Board
Published: Friday, 8 Aug 2008
Barely a week after the governors’ intervention in the industrial dispute declared by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, it is cheering that both parties have now reached a truce. To meet the teachers’ demand for a new salary scale, the governors, under the auspices of the Governors’ Forum, have offered a salary increase of 27.5 per cent “on prevailing basic salaries in each state.” Though the decision is expected to be discussed by the National Executive Council of the teachers’ body, there are hopes that the present offer will be embraced in the interest of the nation’s education system.