The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has urged the government to take teachers’ salaries seriously and ensure that they are paid as and when due.
Peter Obi Obi made the demand in a social media post on Thursday while felicitating with teachers on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day.
He said that teachers play a critical role in nation-building, and their contributions to the development of society should be appreciated and rewarded.
Obi said that the great rigour, hard work, patience, and dedication most teachers in different schools and institutions, especially at the basic level, put into their work to ensure that their students can become the best in learning and character deserve special acknowledgement and commendation.
He said that the many feats recorded in the education sector in Anambra State under his administration as the Governor would not have been possible without the commitment and dedication of the teachers in the State.
Obi also called for the government to intervene in schools owned by private and voluntary agencies and ensure that their teachers are paid as their counterparts in public schools.