Nigeria: Teachers' Strike Latest - We Are Asking for Additional N90 Million - NUT

13 July 2008

Lagos — THE chairman of Imo State wing of Nigeria Union Teachers (NUT), Chief Josiah Eze, says the proposed Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) will only amount to an additional N90 million to the current wage bill of N380 million when implemented in the state.

Chief Eze, who disclosed this in Owerri Imo State while fielding questions from journalists, also explained that what the teachers are asking for is just 28 percent salary increment.

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