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Teachers in Kebbi demand 2 years’ leave grant

The Kebbi Chapter of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has demanded the payment of two years outstanding leave grant to its members. The interim Chairman of the Union, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba, made the teachers’ demand known in Birnin Kebbi on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

 Garba, who said that the union was also demanding the implementation of the 2008

promotion of members, appealed to the government and relevant agencies to attend to issues affecting members’ welfare.

He also called on state authorities to implement the approved 30 per cent professional allowance to teachers who were employed in 2006. 

“We commend the ongoing development of infrastructure in secondary schools, especially the provision of classrooms, students hostels and staff residential quarters, which have made teaching and learning conducive,” he said.

Garba commended the employment of 2,000 additional teachers who were promptly deployed to schools that had inadequate teaching staff.

“Our members would work hard to justify investment made in the education sector,” he said.