Kebbi teachers get consequential salary adjustment, NUT clarifies

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi
BIRNIN KEBBI — The Kebbi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has clarified that the state government did not newly approve a N75,000 minimum wage specifically for teachers, saying the amount was earlier approved for workers across the state.
The state NUT Chairman, Comrade Abubakar Zaki Sarki, made the clarification at a press conference in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, explaining that teachers were now benefiting from the consequential salary adjustment arising from the approved minimum wage.
According to him, the adjustment followed the verification and review of the state’s teaching workforce and was aimed at aligning teachers’ salaries...