Primary and secondary schools teachers, on Wednesday, protested the non-payment of their 12 months’ salaries in Owerri, Imo State.
The teachers who were visibly angry alleged that their salaries were paid last in February 2020, just a month after Senator Hope Uzodimma became the governor of the state.
The teachers who chanted solidarity songs urged the governor to instruct the state accountant-general to pay their outstanding salaries.
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Some of the teachers who said that they have spent 29 years in service, called on the governors to have pity on them
“I’m old enough in the field and preparing for my retirement this year when I would have completed 30 years in service. But, see where they left me. I am a widow and having high blood pressure every day. As I’m standing now, I’m feeling as if I’m going to fall. My children in the school are suffering because I’m the only one taking care of their wellbeing and education. I have not eaten anything since yesterday. What did I do that I should be treated like this?,” a teacher identified as Grace Ajaegbu told Punch.
