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Kwara: Teachers protest allowance disparity
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Public school teachers in Kwara State on Friday staged a protest over their exclusion from a 30 per cent peculiar salary allowance recently approved for other categories of state workers.
The protest followed a similar demonstration held on December 23, 2025, over the same issue.
Findings by Daily Trust showed that efforts by the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to stop the latest protest led to a division among the aggrieved teachers, with some withdrawing from the planned action while others proceeded.
Those who continued with the protest converged on the NUT secretariat along Asa Adam Road, Ilorin, where they displayed placards and chanted solidarity songs to express their grievances.
Placards carried by the teachers bore inscriptions such as “Implement 30% peculiar allowance in addition to TSA now,” “Enough is enough,” and “Poor pay worsening our economic hardship” among others.
The protesters accused the state government and the NUT leadership of failing to adequately protect teachers’ welfare amid the rising cost of living.
One of the teachers who pulled out of the protest, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the intervention by the NUT leadership caused a split within the group.
“The NUT leaders met with us to stop the protest. While the meeting was ongoing, another group decided to proceed to the secretariat, and accusations of compromise followed,” the teacher said.
An aggrieved teacher, identified only as Olayinka, said teachers were deliberately sidelined from the allowance approved for other workers.
“We are protesting the exclusion of teachers from the 30 per cent peculiar allowance that other state workers are enjoying and the inaction of the NUT leadership on this issue,” he said.
Another teacher said the exclusion would leave teachers earning less than other civil servants.
“What is being referenced for teachers is 27 per cent, not 30 per cent. That puts teachers at a disadvantage,” he said.
He explained that the 27 per cent allowance was not a new concession, describing it as a statutory entitlement already implemented in other states since 2018.
“It is expected to commence here in January, while other workers received their 30 per cent increase in December,” he added.
Reacting to the protest, the NUT leadership disowned the action, saying it neither authorised nor endorsed it.
In a statement signed by the state chairperson, Yusuf Agboola, and the deputy secretary general, Mike Itua, the union said it had not directed teachers to protest against the government or any institution.
“Anyone or group that goes on public protest in Kwara State in the toga of representing public school teachers does so at their own peril,” the statement said.
The union leadership, however, thanked the state government for approving what it described as teacher related allowances.
The Accord Party has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polling unit of former Osun Deputy Governor and ex-APC National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, in the ongoing Osun State governorship election.
According to results uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV), Accord secured 131 votes at Polling Unit 003, Ife Ward 1 (Moore), St. Gabriel Primary School, in Ife East Local Government Area.
The APC polled 85 votes to finish second, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) recorded 10 votes. Other political parties obtained marginal votes at the polling unit.
The result adds to a series of early victories recorded by the Accord Party as INEC continues the uploading and collation of results across the state.
Earlier, Accord also won at the polling unit of former Osun Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area.
The result sheet uploaded on the IReV portal showed Accord polling 125 votes, ahead of the APC, which recorded 85 votes. The ADC secured five votes.
Meanwhile, INEC has continued to upload results from polling units across Osun State as the governorship election moves into the collation stage.
Voters across the state’s 30 local government areas cast their ballots on Saturday to elect a governor for the next four years.
The major contenders in the election include the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party, APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji, and African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate Najeem Salaam.
The Accord Party has won the governorship election at the polling unit of former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the state.
According to the result sheet uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) IReV portal, Accord polled 125 votes to emerge victorious at the polling unit.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) came second with 85 votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secured five votes.
The African Action Congress (AAC) scored two votes, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) each recorded one vote.
Other parties, including the AA, ADP, APGA, APM, APP, BP, NNPP and PRP, recorded no votes.
The result sheet showed that 228 voters were accredited, with 220 valid votes cast and eight rejected ballots.
The election was conducted at Court Hall I, Okuku, in Odo-Otin Local Government Area.
The result comes against the backdrop of Oyinlola’s reported endorsement of the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the election.
Oyinlola, who governed Osun State from 2003 to 2010, had publicly backed Oyebamiji despite the APC candidate running against incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The outcome at Oyinlola’s polling unit therefore puts the Accord Party ahead of the APC, with Adeleke’s party failing to secure the unit despite the incumbent governor’s participation in the election.
Voting was disrupted in Ejigbo, Osun State, after violence broke out at a polling unit during the ongoing Osun State Governorship election.
It was gathered that voters, residents and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fled the polling unit as tension escalated around the area.
According to Channels TV, people were seen running in different directions while motorcycles and vehicles moved through the area as residents attempted to escape the unfolding situation.
The immediate cause of the violence was not clear, as the chaos temporarily halted the ongoing electoral process.
The incident comes as voters come out in their numbers to partake in governorship election amid tight security.
Osun Election: Accord Defeats APC in Omisore’s Polling Unit
Osun election: Oyinlola Loses Polling Unit to Accord Party
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