NUT officials have no authority to authorise salary deductions – Taraba teachers

Primary schoolhouse teachers crossed the 16 section authorities councils of Taraba State person rejected the mentation offered by the Taraba State Universal Basic Education Board (TSUBEB) and the authorities helping of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) implicit the deduction of N5,000 from their salaries and arrears.

The teachers, nether the aegis of Concerned Affected Teachers of Taraba State, described the deduction arsenic illegal, unjust and an alleged enactment of extortion.

In a connection signed by their spokesperson, Comrade Rilwanu Aliyu Dasso II, dated Friday, August 14, 2026, the teachers said TSUBEB had deducted the wealth from their net nether the guise of outgo for imperishable individuality cards.

“The outgo of administrative requirements, including unit recognition cards, biometric information seizure and unit databases, should beryllium borne by the leader alternatively than employees,” the teachers argued.

They maintained that portion they supported efforts to modernise the acquisition assemblage and amended administrative efficiency, specified initiatives should not beryllium funded done compulsory deductions from workers’ salaries.