Gov Alia pledges to clear 11-month salary arrears owed Benue teachers

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has promised to offset the 11-month wage arrears owed teachers nether the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB.

Alia disclosed that his medication would tackle the backlog by paying an further 1 month’s wage arrears alongside teachers’ regular monthly salaries until the outstanding indebtedness is wholly settled.

The politician made the committedness successful Makurdi portion addressing the 2026 World Teachers’ Day solemnisation held astatine IBB Square. He was represented astatine the juncture by his deputy, Sam Ode.

Alia said his medication remained committed to giving acquisition precedence portion taking steps to amended the welfare, moving conditions and nonrecreational improvement of teachers crossed the state.

He noted that the authorities had already adopted the harmonised status property for teachers and introduced an automated payroll strategy aimed astatine blocking leakages and strengthening accountability successful the outgo process.

According to him, the medication had besides recruited much than 9,000 teachers, portion implicit 400 classrooms had either been constructed oregon renovated.

The politician added that his authorities had supplied furnishings to schools and introduced nonrecreational improvement and retraining programmes designed to amended the capableness of some teachers and learners.

Alia commended teachers successful the authorities for their committedness and ...