A Non-Governmental Organisation, The Great Transformation Support Initiative (GTSI), has petitioned the Presidency, to intervene in the plight of primary school teachers in Kogi State.
In a petition signed by Ambassador Ojie Mark Ojie, its National Chairman, said the closure of primary schools in the state is affecting the future of over 1.3 million pupils and their teachers.
The petition which followed a complain made by Zacch Jonathan, the State Coordinator of GTSI, on the plight of Kogi Primary school teachers over five months unpaid salaries, lamented the five months closure of primary schools in the state.
The petition notes that primary schools were closed for six months in 2011, five months in 2012, almost the whole year in 2013 and now closed again with primary school teachers vowing not to resume this year until their demands are met.
The GTSI petition to the presidency,which was also copied the National and State Chairmen of the PDP, as well as the Kogi State governor, recommended that aggrieved parties and SUBEB be reconciled as the incessant strike is affecting the standard of primary education in the state.
The organisation also called for the immediate implementation of the National Minimum wage for primary school teachers, also urged government and the NUT in the state to work in unison for the benefit of primary school students,teachers and the government.
