The affected teachers are from the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Demonstration Secondary School, Ndele, Rivers state University International Secondary and Staff School, Port Harcourt, and the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic Comprehensive Secondary School, Bori.
The teachers at a joint media briefing with the Rivers State Civil Society Organization in Port Harcourt alleged that their salaries were stopped on the 18th of February 2016 by the state government.
According to these teachers, a government directive was issued, that names of the affected teachers be removed from the state government payroll.
They, however, appealed to the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to as a matter of urgency pay up the salaries and arrears so as to enable them cater for their families and health needs, adding that they have faced untold hardship in the past five years.
The teachers accused the government of not paying up even after they had won several litigations. They also threatened to embark on a street protest if their pleas were not considered.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Rivers State Civil Society Organization, Eneefa Georgewill, added his voice on the call to clear the pending salaries and arrears.
In his words; “The State is a sub-unit of the federal government, and we expect that the Rivers State Government will act responsibly by commencing payment of the teachers salaries as well as the arrears accrued during the period the salaries were stopped illegally.
“What will the Rivers State Government gain in all of these? Especially in the face of the fact that an Industrial Court and even a Court of Appeal has instructed the Rivers State Government to pay their salaries.
“We are joining the teachers to plead that the Rivers State Government pay the salaries of these teachers before the end of February 2021 or we will go on a protest.” Georgewill said.
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