Schooling Minister Dr. Maruf Alausa introduced on Wednesday that the Federal Authorities has launched N50 billion to college employees unions. This cash will settle earned allowances that President Bola Tinubu had promised to pay.

The announcement got here by means of Folasade Boriowo, Director of Press on the Federal Ministry of Schooling. She described this fee as “yet one more testomony to Tinubu’s unwavering dedication to essentially rework Nigeria’s schooling sector.” In response to Boriowo, this displays the federal government’s willpower to maneuver Nigeria from a resource-based to a knowledge-based economic system by means of investments in schooling.

Dr. Alausa defined that this fee is extra than simply cash—it exhibits President Tinubu’s perception in Nigerian youth and the vital function of college employees in educating them. “By prioritising their welfare, we’re laying the muse for a future the place each Nigerian little one receives extremely qualitative and globally aggressive schooling,” the Minister stated.

The Minister additionally famous that President Tinubu appreciates each educational and non-academic unions for trusting his administration and sustaining peace throughout federal establishments. The nation is presently experiencing one among its longest intervals with out educational disruptions in latest instances.

President Tinubu emphasised: “The youth are the heartbeat of our nation. Their future is extraordinarily vital to me and my administration. Retaining our kids at school will not be negotiable. It’s my dedication that strikes in our establishments will quickly grow to be a factor of the previous.”

This fee addresses one of many most important points that has brought about college unions to conflict with earlier governments, resulting in strikes that disrupted schooling.