Peter Gregory Obi, the former governor of Anambra state and the Labour Party’s (LP) candidate for president in 2023, made a comment that sparked a number of reactions after a group of teaching and non-teaching staff at Nnamdi Azikiwe University informed him that they had not received their salaries for five years..CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Peter Obi said in a post on his official X Twitter on Friday that he met with the folks and was surprised to learn that they had been owed money by the federal government for five years. The incident was denounced by the former governor of Anambra state. The government’s refusal to reimburse the people is regrettable, he said.
However, he urged the federal government to guarantee that workers receive their salaries. According to him, people who work in the education sector have an impact on people’s lives and shouldn’t be treated that way. “While we continue to lament poor investment in education, here is a clear case where even the most basic obligation to educational workers, the payment of salaries, has not been met,” Peter Obi said on his official X handle. However, social media users responded in a number of ways when the post appeared online. Please have a look at a few remarks made by some of the people who commented on the post below.
