The Nigeria Union of Teachers has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the bill on the new retirement age for teachers.
The teaching body also appealed to the federal government to pay the arrears of the N30,000 minimum wage and urged state governments to implement the new wage.
They asked the president to implement all the welfare packages approved for Nigerian teachers.
During the 2020 World Teachers Day at Eagle Square, Abuja, the Federal Government announced new welfare packages for teachers. Some of which included the introduction of new retirement age for teachers, and a new salary scale.
The government extended teachers’ retirement age to 65 years and their duration of service from 35 to 40 years.
The President had also during the 2021 World Teachers Day reiterated his stand on the promise of the new benefits packages.
He promised to extend the packages to student-teachers in universities and federal colleges of education.
