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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.
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested 22 suspects and rescued two minors during an intelligence-led raid on suspected illicit drug dens and criminal hideouts in Ozoro and Abraka communities.
The operation, carried out on July 21, was part of the command’s ongoing campaign against illicit drug trafficking and related crimes across the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday, saying the operation was led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Department of Operations.
Edafe said, “On 21st July 2026, at about 1500 hours, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, led operatives of the Command on a coordinated raid of identified illicit drug dens and criminal hideouts at Ofagbe Community, Ozoro, Ekrejeta, and the NUT Area, Abraka, following credible intelligence.
“The operation led to the arrest of 22 suspects, comprising 19 males and three females, for offences relating to the sale, possession, and distribution of illicit drugs.
“During the operation, operatives also rescued two minors who were found in a suspected drug den allegedly operated by their father.
“The children have been taken into protective custody. They will be handed over to the Delta State Ministry of Women Affairs for appropriate care and safeguarding, while investigations into the activities of the suspects are ongoing.”
Reacting to the operation, the Commissioner of Police, CP Yemi Oyeniyi, described the discovery of minors in a suspected drug environment as “deeply disturbing.”
He reaffirmed the command’s commitment to dismantling drug trafficking networks and protecting vulnerable persons.
The commissioner also urged parents, guardians and community leaders to continue supporting the police with useful information, assuring residents that “the Command will sustain intelligence-led operations to rid Delta State of illicit drug activities and other forms of criminality.”
On July 10, the Yobe State Police Command arrested 14 suspected drug dealers during a coordinated raid on criminal hideouts and drug joints in Jakusko Local Government Area of the state.
The officers also recovered over 300 sachets and packages of suspected illicit drugs, including Tramadol, Vega tablets, Indian hemp and other prohibited.
Abia State Police Command has began investigation to uncover the root cause of the death of five persons from a single family, who were discovered dead in their family house at Umuimo, Osisioma Ngwa local government area of the State on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
Decomposing corpses of the five Umuimo residents were discovered by their neighbors and other community members, about three days after they had retired to bed.
It was gathered that the father of the House, late Mr. Kachi Nnabugwu, his wife, Mrs. Chinaza Nnabugwu and their three little children could not come out of their house since Sunday, a situation that made the neighbors to force their locked house open after repeated knocking, only for the five family members to be found dead.
Containers of left over food and a generator set were reportedly found in the building, after the house had been broken open.
The bodies of the victims were on Wednesday evacuated from the compound and taken to the mortuary, even as residents of the area demanded a government thorough investigation to determine the actual cause of their death.
Contacted on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of Abia State Police Command, DSP Maureen Chinaka confirmed the incident, saying that investigation had commenced.
“Yes, the attention of the Osisioma Divisional Police Headquarters was drawn to the incident on 22/07/2026 by the brother of the deceased who reported that after being unable to reach Kachi Nnabugwu, they proceeded to his residence at Umuimo Village, Osisioma LGA.
“Upon arrival, repeated knocks yielded no response. They subsequently forced entry into the house, where they discovered the lifeless and decomposing bodies of their brother and his family.
“The crime scene has been visited. A preliminary visual inspection of the bodies was conducted, and photographs taken.
The corpses have been deposited at the morgue for preservation and autopsy,” DSP Chinaka said.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu(first right) decorating Dr. Hycinth Azuka Edozie with his new rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police. Mr. Chidi Dozie is helping the IGP in the task.
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