Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has given his approval for the payment of N7 billion to address 25% of the salary arrears owed to primary school teachers in the federal capital territory.
The announcement was made by Danlami Hayyo, the Secretary for Education in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, during a visit to the FCT Universal Basic Education Board in Abuja on Thursday.
Hayyo explained that the FCTA will cover 40% of the outstanding arrears, while the remaining 60% will be paid by the Area Councils.
He also mentioned that the Administration has instructed the Area Councils and the FCT to make the payments within three months, and that the funds will be deducted at the source and remitted to them.
“The essence of this visit is to see how the secretariat can collaborate with the Board towards achieving its mandate. “I am thankful to God that the Board has counterpart funding in addition to the BESDA account. “I promise that the available resources from UBEC and UBEB will be used to address the challenges,” Hayyo said.
The recent development occurred just three days after primary school teachers in the FCT protested against not receiving their salaries. Previously, the teachers had requested the intervention of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and President Bola Tinubu.
