Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Rivers State -owned tertiary institutions are currently protesting over non -payment of their salaries running into five years.
The protesting teachers , numbering over 250, with placards and banners, alleged that they have lost about ten of their colleagues due to the hardship experienced within the period .
The protesting teachers , who came out with their children , as well as sympathizers from the civil society organizations in the state, said they were from Primary and Secondary Schools in the Rivers State University, the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education , and the Ken Saro –Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori.
They wondered why Governor Nyesom Wike would give N 500million to the Sokoto state government over a burnt market while refusing to pay them for five years and counting.
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