There is nothing wrong in the government taking over the payment of private schools salaries at a critical time like this. That would be a remarkable palliative for the private school’s teachers who have been suffering untold hardship since last March. The gesture will be a plus for the government for showing sensitivity to the plight of a section of the citizenry. Government should expedite action on the payment process to alleviate their suffering.
NAPST President, Augustine Akhigbe, who raised the alarm while addressing a press conference in Abuja, lamented that since the schools were closed in March, private school teachers have not been paid their monthly salaries. He, therefore, solicited for government and other philanthropic interventions to alleviate the suffering of the teachers.
Corroborating, the President, National Association of Private Schools , Chief Yomi Otubela called on the government to mitigate the hardship private school teachers face because of the pandemic. The justification for requesting palliatives from the federal government was borne out of the fact that the abrupt closure of schools to protect students from the outbreak of the pandemic, unfortunately, brought a lot of untold hardship to the private school owners who rely heavily on fees to meet up with obligations such as payment of salaries, operational costs and repayment of loans obtained from various financial institutions.
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