Over 3,000 teachers across the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State on Sunday took to the streets of Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, over non-payment of three months salary and minimum wage by council chairmen in the state.
The teachers passed a vote of no confidence on the 13 local government Chairmen in the state, alleging that the non-payment of the salaries caused the sudden death of about three teachers on Christmas day.
Recall that the governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, had a few days ago given twenty four hours ultimatum for the council Chairmen to pay teachers their salaries to enable them celebrate Christmas like other workers in the state.
It was learnt that the local government area council chairmen did not obey the governor’s directives for close to one week.
The protesting local government teachers in their large numbers barricaded the entrance of the Akanu-Ibiam International Conference Centre, ICC, and that of Onwe Road, thereby preventing road users for more than three hours.
They were carrying placards with various inscriptions: “we are dying of hunger and starvation, Tell local government area chairmen to pay us our 3 months salaries, UBEB teachers are suffering because of no payment of salaries, pay us bonus for Christmas and minimum wage.”
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