*Dismiss deliberate protest by NUT
The Enugu State wing of the Nigeria Union of Lecturers, NUT, has expressed profound gratitude to the state authorities for exhibiting sincere concern for the welfare of lecturers within the state, together with the extension of the state’s minimal wage to main faculty lecturers after a number of years of ready.
The lecturers additionally famous that the Governor Peter Mbah administration had in about 9 months in workplace met 4 of the five-point calls for the union introduced to him on assumption of workplace.
The union, which additionally dismissed a purported plan by these it described as some mischief-makers to incite lecturers protest, added that there was no foundation in anyway for such, as Governor Mbah had wiped away their tears and restored hope in time of financial disaster.
Chairman of the Enugu State NUT, Comrade Theophilus Nweke, acknowledged this whereas briefing journalists in Enugu on Tuesday, saying Governor Mbah had demonstrated readiness to wipe away the tears of the lecturers by not solely paying wage awards to lecturers along with their salaries since December 2023, but in addition resolving the three-year minimal wage faceoff with earlier administration.
“When the present administration got here in, we met with them and introduced our challenges to the Governor who promised to deal with them.
“True to his phrase, the Governor shortly arrange a committee to look into the problem and on the tenth of November, they submitted their report through which it was beneficial that these lecturers be paid.
“On nineteenth February, 2024, the Governor referred to as the management of NUT and conveyed his approval for the complete implementation of the minimal wage. When the February wage got here in, the lecturers have been paid as accepted and this was greeted with extensive jubilation which you noticed on social media.
“This administration has demonstrated its dedication to our welfare, thus why ought to we embark on any protest? Does that make any sense to anybody? What precisely ought to be the explanation for the protest?
“As a union, now we have laid down procedures of urgent residence our calls for and now we have judiciously adopted them. These approaches are yielding the required outcomes. Calling for outright protest has by no means been a part of it and we gained’t promote such.
“The five-point requests we made to the Governor are receiving enough consideration. 4 have already been applied and the fifth one is underway.”
He referred to as on the lecturers to reciprocate the governor’s gestures via whole dedication to their duties and never render themselves as prepared instruments to mischief-makers or any group looking for low cost recognition.
Recall that movies of Enugu State lecturers dancing in celebration of the cost of their minimal wages after three years of ready, went viral final week.