Public primary school teachers in Abia State have tackled the Governor Alex Otti-led government for allegedly subjecting them to penury over three months of unpaid salary.
According to some of the workers who spoke to SaharaReporters, the continued non-payment of their salaries by the government had brought misery upon them.
They added that they have resorted to begging to feed their families due to hardship.
The teachers added that they had fulfilled all conditions required of them, particularly staff verification yet being denied salaries.
“We Abia state primary school teachers and staff have continued to be excluded from payment despite being verified.
Something that took Charles Soludo in Anambra a month to sort, his Abia counterpart, Alex Otti has spent almost 6 months but yet salaries continue to be denied, short paid and the next thing they tell us is to print our bank statements and bring to the Umahia,” one of the teachers told SaharaReporters.
“We teachers are heart broken in Abia state. Other states are enjoying their new governors but we teachers are suffering here.”
Another teacher said most of them had become beggars and currently dying of hunger.
He said, “In Aba North and Aba South, most primary school teachers most of us are being owned three months salaries, workers in other sectors had been paid November salaries, yet we were not paid again.
“Next thing they will say is we should print our bank statements and nothing will come out of it. Brother, I am a victim. How will I spend December without salary? Many in Abia state are crying, dying. After being verified with sufferings, there is yet no salary for three months. That is July, April and now November.
“Nigerians should help us; Alex Otti is suffering us in Abia. To me, the government is a fraud. If nothing is done, Christmas will be bleak for us all.”
