The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) chapter in Kaduna State has threatened to shut down all schools in the state until the recently authorised ₦70,000 minimum salary is fully enforced.
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If the government does not start paying by the end of August 2025, public school teachers across the state will go on strike, according to the union.
Workers in Kaduna State, including public school teachers, have not yet seen a rise in salary, even though President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed a new minimum wage bill into law on May 29, 2025.
Comrade Ibrahim Dalhatu, chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kaduna State, spoke to journalists on Sunday and voiced his unhappiness with the government’s apparent continuous lack of concern for the well-being of teachers.
The union, according to Dalhatu, will have to go on an indefinite strike if this issue is not resolved.
He warned that an indefinite strike would be necessary if the government did nothing. This is the only language they appear to comprehend, and our tolerance is eroding.
He went on to say that the holdup is impacting many other types of government workers, not only educators, especially those whose pay is covered by local tax dollars.
“It’s disappointing that local government workers in Kaduna, including teachers, are still not covered by the ₦70,000 minimum wage, even though they are among the most impacted by the increasing cost of living,” he expressed.
The government maintains that personnel verification is necessary for the new salary scale, but Dalhatu criticised its sluggish pace. The physical verification step is still pending, he asked, even though most of the screening has already been done digitally.
The teachers’ union has threatened to take drastic measures to assert its rights if the pay rise is not implemented soon, which could lead to a halt in academic activity in the near future.